Studies on reactivity ratio and thermal studies of copolymers of N-substituted maleimide with vinyl pyridine [VP]/2-hydroxy ethylmethacrylate [OHEMA] Chaudhary Jyoti1, Purohit Swati1,*, Chaudhary Radha2 1Department of Polymer Science, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur (Rajasthan) India 2Department of Chemistry, G.I.T.S., Udaipur (Rajasthan) India *Corresponding Author E-mail: purohit.swati3@gmail.com
Online published on 22 September, 2017. Abstract The copolymers (C-NACPMI) with various proportions of N-[4-N’-(4-nitrophenyl) aminocarbonyl] phenyl) maleimide [NACPMI] with Vinyl Pyridine [VP] and 2-hydroxy ethylmethacrylate (OHEMA) were prepared by free radical polymerization. The structure of synthesized copolymers was characterized by FT - IR and 1H- NMR spectroscopic methods. The nine copolymer samples were synthesized from different feed ratio of comonomers. The monomer reactivity ratio r NACPMI, r VP and r OHEMA are determined by Finemann Ross method. Copolymers showed solubility in polar solvent. Thermal behavior of copolymers was evaluated by TGA and DSC. The investigated copolymers degrade in one steps. The molecular weight was determined by GPC. Top Keywords Copolymerization, VP, Reactivity ratio, TGA, GPC. Top |