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Effect of diester in esterification product of polyethylene glycol and acrylic acid on the performance of polycarboxylate superplasticizer

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Ester-based polycarboxylate superplasticizer was produced by esterification product of polyethylene glycol and acrylic acid. Variation law of polyethylene glycol di-acrylate content accompanying with esterification ratio and side effect to performance of polycarboxylate superplasticizer was studied by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Experimental results showed that both polyethylene glycol mono-acrylate and polyethylene glycol di-acrylate existed in the esterification product. Ratio of di- and mono-acrylate contents sharply rose when esterification ratio increased. When esterification ratio was 26 %, there was a certain amount of di-acrylate. When esterification ratio of the system was 85 %, the content of di-acrylate was 18.5 %, ratio of di-ester and mono-ester contents was 0.38, while the highest fluidity of cement paste with the addition of polyacrylate superplasticizer was obtained as 275 mm. And when esterification ratio was more than 109 %, di-acrylate content increased more rapidly, while increment of mono-acrylate content slowed down and even began to decrease. Increment of di-acrylate content caused not only cross-linking of polycarboxylate superplasticizer but also its gelation, which affected the performance of polyacrylate superplasticizer. Based on these works, purified mono-acrylate was used to produce polyacrylate superplasticizer, by which fluidity of cement paste were all above 300 mm and obviously better than the polyacrylate superplasticizer synthesized by unpurified esterification product.

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Abbreviations

Pas:

Polyacrylate superplasticizer

PCs:

Polycarboxylate superplasticizer

PEG:

Polyethylene glycol

AA:

Acrylic acid

PEGmA:

Polyethylene mono-acrylate

PEGdA:

Polyethylene glycol di-acrylate

RP-HPLC:

Reversed phased high performance liquid chromatography

FCP:

Fluidity of cement paste

GPC:

Gel permeation chromatography

M w :

Weight average molecular weight

M n :

Number average molecular weight

MWD:

Molecular weight distribution

v/v:

Volume ratio

n/n:

Molar ratio

ω:

Mass percentage

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Western Region Traffic Construction Technology Program of the Ministry of Communications of China (No. 2007319811130).

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    Jia-Heng Lei, Hui Li, Xiao-Di Du & An-Fu Zhang

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Lei, JH., Li, H., Du, XD. et al. Effect of diester in esterification product of polyethylene glycol and acrylic acid on the performance of polycarboxylate superplasticizer. Iran Polym J 22, 117–122 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-012-0110-6

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