You desire to make an 80% by weight vinyl acetate to 20% by weight styrene copolymer via
Question:
You desire to make an 80% by weight vinyl acetate to 20% by weight styrene copolymer via free radical, emulsion polymerization. The r1 and r2 values for these monomers are 0.01 and 55, respectively. This polymer composition is necessary to achieve the desired polymer glass transition temperature of 50°C, which means the polymer morphology must be 'homogenous' (random or alternating), and not block.
What is the actual, initial polymer composition if you utilize an 80:20 by weight ratio monomer feed of vinyl acetate to styrene?
What feed composition would be required to produce the desired polymer composition 80% by weight vinyl acetate and 20% styrene?
Can you reasonably make this polymer? How could you achieve the desired monomer-to-monomer ratio in the polymer?