摘要 |
A process of making a homopolymer of vinyl caprolactam (VCL), and a copolymer with dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide (DMAPMA), optionally including with one or more polymerizable monomers (X), in the composition range, by weight, VCL 99 to 30%, DMAPMA 1-70% and monomer X 0-30%, respectively, by suspension polymerization in an aqueous/alcoholic solvent medium, without requiring a protective colloid, which comprises charging vinyl caprolactam in an aqueous/alcoholic solvent mixture, wherein the weight ratio of alcohol to total monomers is ⅙ to 3, and if present, forming a solution of DMAPMA and optional monomers in water, feeding the solution into the VCL charge at a predetermined rate, periodically adding initiator to the reaction mixture, and polymerizing at about 40° to 130° C., and, if desired, neutralizing the product, to form a polymer product at about 5% to 40% solids, homogeneously dispersed in the solvent.
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