Method for suspension-polymerizing vinyl chloride
AssigneeShinetsu Chemical Company
InventorsShunichi Koyanagi, Hajime Kitamura, Toshihide Shimizu
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Abstract
When vinyl chloride or a mixture of monomers containing vinyl chloride as its main component is subjected to suspension-polymerization, in the presence of a polymerization initiator, employing as a suspending agent an aqueous medium consisting of two kinds of water-soluble cellulose ethers, the 2% aqueous solution of one of which has a viscosity of at most 100 cps at 20.degree.C, and that of the other has a viscosity of at least 400 cps at 20.degree.C, the product obtained will be a porous polymer superior not only in uniformity of particle size, and absorptivity of plasticizers and liquid heat-stabilizers but also in processability.
Claims6
In a method for suspension-polymerizing, in an aqueous medium containing a polymerization initiator and a suspending agent, vinyl chloride or a mixture of monomers containing vinyl chloride as a main component, the improvement in which the suspending agent comprises a mixture of two water soluble cellulose ethers wherein the first water soluble cellulose ether has a viscosity of no more than 100 cps at 20.degree.C and the second water soluble cellulose ether has a viscosity of at least 400 cps at 20.degree.C, the viscosities being of a 2% aqueous solution, said ethers being present in the ratio of about 1:4 to 4:1 by weight, and in a total amount of 0.01 to 0.05% by weight based on the weight of monomer charged and said water soluble cellulose ethers being selected from the group consisting of methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxyethyl methylcellulose, and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose.
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