Abstract:
POLYMERIZATION OF EPOXIDES AND MIXTURE OF EPOXIDES WITH LACTONES AND VINYL COMPOUNDS, POLYMERIZABLE THROUGH THE ACTION OF CATIONIC CATALYSTS, IS CONTROLLED BY PROVIDING, IN ASSOCIATION WITH A RADIATION-SENSITIVE CATALYST PERCURSOR, A GELATION INHIBITOR IN THE FORM OF A SUBSTITUTED ACYCLIC AMIDE OR A SUBSTITUTED UREA, SUCH AS N,NDIMETHYLACETAMIDE AND 1,1,3,3-TETRAMETHYLUREA.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR POLYMERIZATION OF EPOXIDE MONOMERS AND PREPOLYMERS EMPLOYING 4-METHOXYBENZENE DIAZONIUM HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE AS A LATENT RADIATION-SENSITIVE INITIATOR COMPRISING SUBJECTING ADMIXTURES OF THE CATALYST AND EPOXIDE TO THE APPLICATION OF ENERGY.
Abstract:
POLYMERIZATION OF EPOXIDE MONOMERS AND PREPOLYMERS, AND OF OTHER MATERIALS POLYMERIZABLE THROUGH THE ACTION OF CATIONIC CATALYSTS, IS CONTROLLED BY PROVIDING, IN ASSOCIATION WITH A RADIATION-SENSITIVE CATALYST PRECURSOR, A GELATION INHIBITOR IN THE FORM OF A SULFOXIDE COMPOUND SUCH AS METHYL SULFOXIDE OR N-PROPYL SULFOXIDE.
Abstract:
POLYMERIZATION OF EPOXIDES AND MIXTURES OF EPOXIDES WITH LACTONES AND VINYL COMPOUNDS, POLYMERIZABLE THROUGH THE ACTION OF CATIONIC CATALYST, IS CONTROLLED BY PROVIDING, IN ASSOCIATION WITH A RADIATION-SENSITIVE CATALYST PRECURSOR, A GELATION INHIBITOR IN THE FORM OF A SULFOXIDE COMPOUND SUCH AS METHYL SULFOXIDE OR N-PROPYL SULFOXIDE.
Abstract:
Polymerization of epoxides and mixtures of epoxides with lactones and vinyl compounds, polymerizable through the action of cationic catalysts, is controlled by providing, in association with a radiation-sensitive catalyst precursor, a gelation inhibitor in the form of a substituted poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) wherein the carbon atom adjacent to the carbonyl group contains an alkyl or aryl substituent.