LAPSE:2018.0294
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LAPSE:2018.0294
On the Thermal Self-Initiation Reaction of n-Butyl Acrylate in Free-Radical Polymerization
Hossein Riazi, Ahmad Arabi Shamsabadi, Patrick Corcoran, Michael C. Grady, Andrew M. Rappe, Masoud Soroush
July 31, 2018
This experimental and theoretical study deals with the thermal spontaneous polymerization of n-butyl acrylate (n-BA). The polymerization was carried out in solution (n-heptane as the solvent) at 200 and 220 °C without adding any conventional initiators. It was studied with the five different n-BA/n-heptane volume ratios: 50/50, 70/30, 80/20, 90/10, and 100/0. Extensive experimental data presented here show significant monomer conversion at all temperatures and concentrations confirming the occurrence of the thermal self-initiation of the monomer. The order, frequency factor, and activation energy of the thermal self-initiation reaction of n-BA were estimated from n-BA conversion, using a macroscopic mechanistic model. The estimated reaction order agrees well with the order obtained via our quantum chemical calculations. Furthermore, the frequency factor and activation energy estimates agree well with the corresponding values that we already reported for bulk polymerization of n-BA.
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free-radical polymerization, n-butyl acrylate, reaction order, thermal self-initiation
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Riazi H, Shamsabadi AA, Corcoran P, Grady MC, Rappe AM, Soroush M. On the Thermal Self-Initiation Reaction of n-Butyl Acrylate in Free-Radical Polymerization. (2018). LAPSE:2018.0294
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Riazi H: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Shamsabadi AA: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Corcoran P: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Grady MC: Axalta Coating Systems, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
Rappe AM: Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Soroush M: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Processes
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6
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E3
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2018
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2018-01-04
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2227-9717
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