| Abstract: | The radiation-induced copolymerization of chlorotrifluoroethylene with ethyl vinyl ether was investigated in the liquid phase at 20 and ?78°C over a wide range of monomer compositions. A copolymer was obtained in which the monomers alternate with regularity along the polymer chain over the entire range of monomer compositions investigated. Both the rate of copolymerization and the intrinsic viscosity of the resulting copolymer were found to depend strongly on the initial monomer composition, both reaching a maximum value at an equimolar concentration of the monomers. The monomer reactivity ratios were determined and correspond well with calculated values. A decrease in the irradiation temperature was accompanied by a marked decrease in the rate of copolymerization and the intrinsic viscosity of the copolymer. |
