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Fabrication, structures and properties of Acrylonitrile/Vinyl acetate copolymers and copolymers containing microencapsulated phase change materials

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Acrylonitrile(AN)-Vinyl acetate (VAc) copolymers (AN/VAc) were synthesized by redox polymerization and microencapsulated phase change materials (MicroPCMs) were incorporated at the polymerization step. The effect of VAc monomers and/or the MicroPCMs on composition, melting point (T m ), exothermic peak value (T d), average molecular weight (M η ), crystallinity of the copolymers were examined by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Elementary Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TG), Ubbelohde viscosimeter and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The compositions of the AN/VAc agreed well with the feed ratios. The melting peak shifted to a lower temperature (267 °C) with increasing concentration of VAc monomers and/or MicroPCMs, while the exothermic peak shifted to the higher temperature (324 °C). The average molecular weight of the copolymer was approximately 31,000. The crystallinity of the copolymers decreased with increasing content of VAc monomers and/or MicroPCMs.

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Han, N., Zhang, Xx., Wang, Xc. et al. Fabrication, structures and properties of Acrylonitrile/Vinyl acetate copolymers and copolymers containing microencapsulated phase change materials. Macromol. Res. 18, 144–152 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-009-0122-z

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