Synthesis of Methyl Metacrylate - Butyl Acrylate Copolymer Used in Water-Borne Paints by Emulsion Copolymerization

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Departement of Resin and Additives, Institute for Color Science and Technology

Abstract

In this paper, the synthesis of methyl metacrylate-butylacrylate copolymer used in water-based paints by emulsion polymerization was investigated. The synthesize planning in the case of selection of the type and ratio of the monomers, was based on the chemical structure analysis of an imported industrial resin and using the other characterization of referred resin like as particle size distribution and glass transition temperature measurement. In the emulsion polymerization, to attain the desired final properties, the whole of system include the type and the quantity of the applied monomers and emulsifiers, reaction temperature follow with the molecular weight and Tg of produced polymer as well as the particle size distribution must be controlled. In this research, after different synthesize, the results of the different analysis methods proved the successfulness synthesize.

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