Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride-g-Acrylamide)

Abstract
Graft copolymers of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride), (poly-DADMAC), with acrylamide were synthesized using a ceric salt/nitric acid initiation system. The effects of concentration of initiator, monomer, and substrates were studied. Copolymers were characterized by viscometry and size-exclusion chromatography. The highest molecular weight ( M w ) of graft copolymer obtained was 1.70 × 106. The compositions of copolymers are dependent upon the ratios of the concentration of monomer to the concentration of substrate. The highest content of DADMAC monomer unit in the copolymer was 33 wt%.

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