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Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.108, No.3, 1531-1537, 2008
Effects of crosslinking agents and inert diluents on the characteristics of crosslinked polystyrene copolymers
The suspension copolymerization of styrene with various vinyl crosslinking monomers, that is, dimethacrylates and divinylbenzene, was carried out with poly (vinyl alcohol) as the suspending agent. The effect of the crosslinking monomers on the characteristics of the styrene copolymers was also studied, and the styrene-divinylbenzene copolymers were found to be the most thermally stable. Inert diluents were added during styrene and divinylbenzene copolymerization to achieve porous, crosslinked polystyrene. Furthermore, the influence of the diluents on the formation of porous styrene-divinylbenzene copolymers was investigated by surface area, pore volume, pore diameter, apparent density, swelling percentage, and compressive strength measurements and the surface morphology. It was observed that among the inert diluents studied, cyclohexanol was the most effective diluent, leading to the styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer beads with maximum porosity. A surface morphology study of the polystyrene copolymer beads supported the porosity in these copolymers. (c) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.