Synthesis and characterizations of hydrophobically associating water‐soluble polymer with nonionic surfmer

In this article, a hydrophobically associating copolymer (2-acrylamido)-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS)/AA-EO25C12 was synthesized by AMPS and nonionic surfmer AA-EO25C12 through free radical copolymerization. The structure of copolymer was characterized by FT-IR and 1H-NMR.The properties of copolymer were studied and the results indicated that the copolymer exhibits good thickening ability due to intermolecular hydrophobic associations as the apparent viscosity of the copolymer solution increases sharply with increasing polymer concentration. Compared with homopolymer PAMPS, the rheological test indicates that the copolymer solution shows shear thickening behavior at low shear rate region. Besides, the copolymer exhibits interfacial activity as it can reduce the interfacial tension to 10° level, and ability to form emulsion with good stability, which is due to successfully introducing the structure of nonionic surfmer AA-EO25C12 to the polymer chain. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 133, 43195.

[1]  Hong Chen,et al.  Synthesis and evaluation of a class of sulfonic water soluble polymer with high content of nonionic surfmer units , 2015, Colloid and Polymer Science.

[2]  Wenbo Li,et al.  A novel hydrophobically associating polyampholytes of poly(AM/AA/AMQC12): preparation, characterization, and solution properties , 2011 .

[3]  K. Ojha,et al.  Interactions between Acidic Crude Oil and Alkali and Their Effects on Enhanced Oil Recovery , 2011 .

[4]  Wei Zhang,et al.  Synthesis, surface and aggregation properties of a series of amphiphilic dendritic copolymers , 2009 .

[5]  Zhiyu Huang,et al.  Solution and Adsorption Properties of Hydrophobically Associating Polyacrylamide Prepared in Inverse Microemulsion Polymerization , 2009 .

[6]  Lixin Sun,et al.  Alkaline consumption mechanisms by crude oil: A comparison of sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide , 2008 .

[7]  Bao-jiao Gao,et al.  Studies on rheological behaviour of hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide with strong positive salinity sensitivity , 2007 .

[8]  Yaming Yu,et al.  Studies on micellar behavior of anionic and surface-active monomers with acrylamide type in aqueous solutions , 2007 .

[9]  S. Bykov,et al.  New approach to the molecular characterization of hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide , 2004 .

[10]  Lu Zhang,et al.  Hydrophobically Modified Associating Polyacrylamide Solutions: Relaxation Processes and Dilational Properties at the Oil−Water Interface , 2004 .

[11]  P. Olmsted,et al.  Rheological and Structural Characterization of Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide Solutions in the Semidilute Regime , 2004 .

[12]  Luo Ping-ya,et al.  The Thickening Mechanism Study of Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide , 2003 .

[13]  I. Haque,et al.  Water Soluble Acrylamidomethyl Propane Sulfonate (AMPS) Copolymer as an Enhanced Oil Recovery Chemical , 2003 .

[14]  Yuri D. Zaroslov,et al.  Hydrophobic aggregation in aqueous solutions of hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide in the vicinity of overlap concentration , 2003 .

[15]  L. Billon,et al.  Hydrophobically associating polyacrylamides and their partially hydrolyzed derivatives prepared by post-modification. 1. Synthesis and characterization , 2002 .

[16]  J. Rosiak,et al.  Micellar Synthesis and Properties of Hydrophobically Associating Polyampholytes , 2001 .

[17]  F. Candau,et al.  Viscoelastic Behavior of Semidilute Solutions of Multisticker Polymer Chains , 1999 .

[18]  I. Lacík,et al.  Compositional heterogeneity effects in hydrophobically associating water-soluble polymers prepared by micellar copolymerization , 1995 .

[19]  F. Candau,et al.  Properties of hydrophobically associating polyacrylamides: influence of the method of synthesis , 1993 .