화학공학소재연구정보센터
Polymer Bulletin, Vol.33, No.3, 259-265, 1994
Carbocationic Polymerization in Supercritical CO2 .3. The Ceiling Temperature of and the Effect of Temperature on the Polymerization of Isobutylene
The polymerization of isobutylene (IB) in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC.CO2) has been investigated in the temperature range from 32.5 to 47.5-degrees-C at 139+/-3 bar. The In M(n) of polyisobutylene (PIB) versus 1/T plot gave DELTAHdouble-ended dagger(Mn,PIB) = - 14.1+/-1.5 kcal/mol (-59.1+/-6.3 kJoule/mol) and DELTASdouble-ended dagger(Mn,PIB)=-31.1+/-6.2 cal/mol.deg (-130.2+/-26.0 Joule/mol.deg). These quantities are quite different from those obtained in conventional liquid systems. The ceiling temperature (T(ceil)) was determined by linear extrapolation of the In M(n) versus 1/T plot to the molecular weight of the monomer. According to this procedure the T(ceil) of IB polymerization in SC.CO2 in about one molar solution at 139+/-3 bar is 88+/-9-degrees-C.