Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers in Rubber Latexes

Abstract
In recent years numerous workers have reported on the polymerization of vinyl monomers, in the presence of polymers, in which graft copolymers and/or homopolymers are formed. Kinetic studies of such reactions have been relatively few, however, particularly for systems involving polymer latexes rather than solutions. In the present paper a kinetic study of the polymerization of styrene, methyl methacrylate, and homologous methacrylic esters in natural rubber latex is reported, and certain abnormal features of the polymerizations are discussed.

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