Principle Polymer Chemistry
Principle Polymer Chemistry
Principle Polymer Chemistry
PMMA.
Aim: (a) To study the principle of bulk polymerization of MMA to PMMA initiated
by BPO, especially, investigate the temperature affection of the resulting polymers.
(b) To master the organic glass synthetic procedure.
In this experiment, we shall study the free radical polymerization of MMA to PMMA
(Scheme 1). The bulky side groups make it totally amorphous resulting in high
transparency. vo dinh hinh
MMA monmer (Already pruified), BPO initiator (recrystallized before use), vial (20
mL), three-neck-round-bottle flask (250 mL)
Polymerization Procedure
1: Synthesis of the prepolymer: Add MMA (120 mL) in a 250 ml three neck round
bottle flask equipped with stir bar, thermal meter and cap. The system was then added
0.1% BPO, after the addition, the system was stirred at room temperature till all of the
BPO was dissolved in MMA monomer. The system was then put into an oil bath with
temperature around 90 oC, till the viscosity of the solvent is a slightly higher than
glycerine, the solution was immediately immersed into cold water, the reaction was
dormant. The reaction time is almost 20 min.
2: Put the prepolymer to the module. Transfer carefully of the above prepolymers to
a 20 ml vial, you can add some artwork inside your own PMMA prepolymer.
3: Post polymerization of the prepolymer. Put the vials in an oven at 40 oC and kept
for 10 h then increased to 100 oC for 2 hs.