Avaliação da influência da interação polímero-solvente sobre a porosidade de copolímeros de acrilonitrila e divinilbenzeno obtidos por polimerização em suspensão

• Autor(a) principal: Diogo, Diego Dornelas
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/15687
• topic: Acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers; porous structure; suspension polymerization; Copolímeros à base de acrilonitrila e divinilbenzeno; estrutura porosa; polimerização em suspensão; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::QUIMICA

In this work, acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers were synthesized using the technique of suspension polymerization in the presence of three different solvents (isoamyl alcohol, methyl-ethyl-ketone and toluene). These copolymers were characterized by apparent density, pore volume and pore diameter, optical and scanning electron microscopy, and were evaluated for their ability to swell in heptane and toluene. The principal aim of this research was to correlate the porous structure formation of these materials, with the main synthesis parameters (degree of dilution, solvating power of the diluent and crosslinking degree). Among these parameters, the most important on the formation of the materials porous structure was the solvating power of the diluent. The theory of solubility parameters of Hansen and Hildebrand was used in order to make a prediction of the porous characteristics of acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers synthesized in the presence of three different diluents. Among these solvents, the isoamyl alcohol was the worst solvent for acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers, at all levels of crosslinking degree and at all dilutions used. Toluene was the best solvent for the copolymers containing high levels crosslinking degree. These observations are consistent with the predictions of the solubility parameters of Hansen and Hildebrand. The methyl-ethyl-ketone was the best solvent for the copolymers containing intermediate crosslinking degree. This observation is only consistent with the Hansen solubility parameters. In this work, acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers were synthesized using the technique of suspension polymerization in the presence of three different solvents (isoamyl alcohol, methyl-ethyl-ketone and toluene). These copolymers were characterized by apparent density, pore volume and pore diameter, optical and scanning electron microscopy, and were evaluated for their ability to swell in heptane and toluene. The principal aim of this research was to correlate the porous structure formation of these materials, with the main synthesis parameters (degree of dilution, solvating power of the diluent and crosslinking degree). Among these parameters, the most important on the formation of the materials porous structure was the solvating power of the diluent. The theory of solubility parameters of Hansen and Hildebrand was used in order to make a prediction of the porous characteristics of acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers synthesized in the presence of three different diluents. Among these solvents, the isoamyl alcohol was the worst solvent for acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers, at all levels of crosslinking degree and at all dilutions used. Toluene was the best solvent for the copolymers containing high levels crosslinking degree. These observations are consistent with the predictions of the solubility parameters of Hansen and Hildebrand. The methyl-ethyl-ketone was the best solvent for the copolymers containing intermediate crosslinking degree. This observation is only consistent with the Hansen solubility parameters.