Issue 30, 2019

From n-butyl acrylate Arrhenius parameters for backbiting and tertiary propagation to β-scission via stepwise pulsed laser polymerization

Abstract

Arrhenius parameters for backbiting (bb), mid-chain radical propagation (pm) and β-scission in n-butyl acrylate radical polymerization are determined based on pulsed laser polymerization (PLP) inflection point data derived from size exclusion chromatography (SEC) analysis with limited monomer conversion. Laser pulse frequencies ranging from 1 to 60 Hz are only needed as bulk data are complemented with solution data (solvent: butyl propionate) to increase parameter sensitivity and to lower parameter correlations, as confirmable by the calculation of the correlation matrix, without inducing a kinetically significant solvent effect. ‘Low’ temperature (303–323 K) and ‘high temperature (383–413 K) PLP experiments are carried out to further minimize parameter correlations by a step-wise parameter estimation. The former experiments are used for the estimation of the Arrhenius parameters for backbiting and mid-chain radical propagation, with literature Arrhenius parameters for end-chain propagation as input. The latter experiments consider the former Arrhenius parameters as input to reliably estimate the remaining Arrhenius parameters for β-scission. In agreement with literature data, Ea(kbb) is determined as (30.6 ± 5.4) kJ mol−1, ln A(kbb s−1) as 17.8 ± 2.1, Ea(kp,m) as (30.1 ± 9.7) kJ mol−1, and ln(kp,m L mol−1 s−1) as 14.5 ± 3.7. Additionally, Ea(kβ) is estimated as (81.1 ± 18.2) kJ mol−1 and ln A(kβ s−1) as 29.7 ± 5.5, which indicates a higher relevance of β-scission at temperatures around 400 K as previously expected.

Graphical abstract: From n-butyl acrylate Arrhenius parameters for backbiting and tertiary propagation to β-scission via stepwise pulsed laser polymerization

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Apr 2019
Accepted
08 Jul 2019
First published
09 Jul 2019

Polym. Chem., 2019,10, 4116-4125

From n-butyl acrylate Arrhenius parameters for backbiting and tertiary propagation to β-scission via stepwise pulsed laser polymerization

A. B. Vir, Y. W. Marien, P. H. M. Van Steenberge, C. Barner-Kowollik, M. Reyniers, G. B. Marin and D. R. D'hooge, Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 4116 DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00623K

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