Copolymerization of dimethylaminoethylacrylate-methyl chloride and acrylamide in inverse emulsion

The inverse emulsion copolymerization of acrylamide (AM) with dimethylaminoethylacrylate methyl chloride (Q9) using redox initiation with low surfactant concentration in an isoparaffinic solvent has been studied. The kinetics of conversions of inverse-emulsion polymerizations were investigated by HPLC method. It was an interesting way to know rapidly the conversion of each monomer with high reproducibility. In all experiments the monomer concentration was 25% respect the total weight or higher and the experiments were carried out at 50 degrees C. The effects of initiator concentration, composition of the monomer mixture and monomer concentration on the polymerization conversion and viscosity of copolymers solutions have been examined. For copolymer characterization, the results of viscosity were compared with commercial copolymer viscosities. The formulations with 3,000 ppm of initiator were the most interesting of all copolymer compositions since they presented very high conversions and their viscosities were higher than those of commercial copolymer solutions. The analysis of monomer concentration was carried out with 3,000 ppm and the conversion and viscosity were higher when the monomer concentration was increased. (c) 2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.