Preparation and thermal degradation of methyl methacrylate-methacrylic acid copolymers

Abstract

Copolymers of methyl methacrylate with methacrylic acid, with the mole fraction of methacrylic acid units from 0.21 to 0.73, were prepared by radical copolymerization in the bulk. The influence of the composition of the copolymers on the features of their thermal degradation was examined by combined thermal analysis involving differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry.