Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method that includes polymerizing a nitrile with an acrylate ester to form a copolymer, in a mixture that includes water and an alcohol (R.sub.2-OH), according to the following reaction ##STR00001## where R.sub.1 includes at least one of a first aliphatic group or hydrogen, R.sub.2 comprises at least one of a second aliphatic group or hydrogen, 100=m=4000, and 1=n=4000. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mixture may be an emulsion.
Original language | American English |
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Patent number | 11,732,385 B2 |
Filing date | 22/08/23 |
State | Published - 2023 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/PT-2800-87306
Keywords
- chain transfer agent (CTA)
- copolymer
- polyacrylonitrile-random-polyacry