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The effect of replacing the α-hydrogen with a methyl group on the miscibility of systems containing styrene, methacrylonitrile and methyl methacrylate

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The phase boundaries as a function of copolymer composition have been established in one polymer/copolymer and two copolymer/copolymer blend systems involving the repeat unit methacrylonitrile. Using the critical conditions for miscibility according to the Flory-Huggins theory, and an overall blend interaction parameter (Bblend) expressed in terms of repeat unit interactions Bi-j, values of BS-MAN and BMMA-MAN have been determined. These are compared with the corresponding acrylonitrile interactions.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh, Scotland

    J. M. G. Cowie, L. M. Watson & I. J. McEwen

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Cowie, J.M.G., Watson, L.M. & McEwen, I.J. The effect of replacing the α-hydrogen with a methyl group on the miscibility of systems containing styrene, methacrylonitrile and methyl methacrylate. Polymer Bulletin 31, 729–736 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00300134

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