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http://dx.doi.org/10.7473/EC.2012.47.1.043

Preparation of Copoly(styrene/butyl methacrylate) Beads and Composite Particles containing Carbon Black with Hydrophobic Silica as a Stabilizer in Aqueous Solution  

Chung, Kyung-Ho (Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Suwon)
Park, Moon-Soo (Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Suwon)
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Elastomers and Composites / v.47, no.1, 2012 , pp. 43-53 More about this Journal
Abstract
A suspension copolymerization of styrene and butyl methacrylate (BMA) in the aqueous phase was conducted at a selected temperature between 65 and $95^{\circ}C$. Hydrophobic silica was selected as a stabilizer and azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator. Optimum dispersion of silica in water was obtained at pH 10 while polymerization reaction was run at pH 7. TGA and EDS measurements revealed that 90% of silica functioned as a stabilizer and 10% were incorporated into polymeric particles. Average particle diameter decreased with increasing amounts of stabilizer. Molecular weights displayed an increase when the stabilizer concentration reached 1.67 wt%. An increase in the initiator concentration and/or reaction temperature raised the reaction rate but decreased molecular weights. Particle diameter was nearly independent of the initiator concentration and reaction temperature. An increase in the BMA proportion decreased the glass transition temperature and increased the particle diameter with irregularity in shape. Incorporation of carbon black into the particles composed of styrene and BMA prolonged the reaction time before reaching completion. We have confirmed that a suspension copolymerization of styrene and BMA with hydrophobic silica as a stabilizer can produce spherical composite particles with $1-30{\mu}m$ in diameter containing carbon black.
Keywords
suspension copolymerization; hydrophobic silica; stabilizer; carbon black; polymer composite particles;
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