Polymer Bulletin, Vol.60, No.2-3, 363-370, 2008
Influence of molecular weight of poly (methyl methacrylate) on its miscibility with poly (vinyl chloride) in the solution
In this work, the molecular weight effect on miscibility between poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in cyclohexanone(CH) solutions at 30 degrees C was examined by the viscometric method. Three samples of PMMA were prepared by emulsion polymerization, which molecular weights were changed by tert-dodecyl-mercaptan (TDDM) content. The parameter Delta b is used to predict polymer-polymer miscibility of PVC/PMMA/cyclohexanone blend. Delta b values indicated that the highest molecular weight of PMMA is immiscible with PVC resin. The molecular weight of PMMA decrease with the increase of the contention of TDDM, and the contribution of miscibility PVC/PMMA blend in CH is better.