International Journal of Engineering and Management Research (IJEMR)
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

Pour Point Depressant and Thermal Properties of Copolymers of Lauryl Methacrylate and Styrene Synthesized via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

  • Author:
  • Pravin Kumar Srivastava
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 305 to 313

Department of Chemistry, Sanjay Gandhi (P.G.) College, Meerut, India

Online published on 21 November, 2017.

Abstract

Random copolymers of lauryl methacrylate and styrene using EBiB/CuBr/OPMI(initiator/catalyst/ligand) initiation system. The thermal stability of the copolymer increased with increasing amount of styrene in copolymers but it decreases the solubility of the copolymers in the base oil and copolymers with higher styrene content shows low PPDs properties. The reactivity ratios obtained from EVM method rS = 0.53, rLMA = 0.65.

Keywords

Random copolymer, ATRP, Reactivity Ratio, Pour Point Depressant