The effect of a trithiol and inorganic fillers on the photo‐induced thermal frontal polymerization of a triacrylate |
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| Authors: | Charles Nason John A. Pojman Charles Hoyle |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Polymer Sciences and High Performance Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406;2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406 |
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| Abstract: | Thermal frontal polymerization is a process in which a localized reaction propagates through an unstirred system by the coupling of the thermal diffusion and the Arrhenius kinetics of an exothermic polymerization. A trithiol was found to affect the front velocity and the time for inducing a front upon exposure to UV light for trimethylolpropane triacrylate polymerization fronts with either kaolin or calcium carbonate filler present. The addition of trithiol and filler both decreased the front velocity. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 8091–8096, 2008 |
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| Keywords: | addition polymerization frontal polymerization kinetics (polym.) radical polymerization |
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