SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW VINYL POLYMERS. Period Covered: November 1955 to August 1957

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4310457

Coleman, Jr, L E; Durrell, W S

Research to determine the polymerization characteristics of four classes of experimental monomers and a preliminary evaluation of the potential of the resulting polymeric products as thermally stable, solvent resistant plastics and elastomers are reported. The perfluoroalkyl propenyl ketones were found to copolymerize with a variety of comonomers such as vinyl acetate, styrene and butadiene to give products ranging from powders to elastomers. The 1 -alkyl- llhydroperfluoroalkyl acrylates copolymerized readily and formed tough rubbery homopolymers which exhibited good thermal stability and low swell in diester-type lubricants. trans-Cinnamoyl ferrocene formed copolymers with a variety of comonomers but low conversions, copolymers or copolymers containing small amounts of cinnamoyl ferrocene were obtained. Reactivity ratio determinations of two trifluoromethyl-substituted styrenes indicated that substitution of the trifluoromethyl group on styrene increased its polymerization reactivity. (auth)

• Research Organization: Wright Air Development Center. Materials Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
• NSA Number: NSA-12-005302
• OSTI ID: 4310457
• Report Number(s): WADC-TR-58-3; AD-142296
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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ACETATES
ACRYLATES
ACRYLIC ACID
BUTADIENE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
ELASTOMERS
KETONES
LUBRICATION
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
POLYESTERS
POLYMERIZATION
POLYMERS
POWDERS
PRODUCTION
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
RUBBER
SOLVENTS
STABILITY
STYRENE
TEMPERATURE
VINYL RADICALS