Colloid equivalent (
CE) values were measured on homopolymers of 2-methacryloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium methylsulfate (I) and 2-methacryloxyethyldiethylmethyl ammonium iodide (II), and copolymers of I and II with acrylamide (III). The
CE values of homopolymers of I and II did not change over various pH and agreed with the calculated values. The
CE values of copolymers of I-III and II-III decreased with increasing pH, at pH above 7. Below pH 7, however, the
CE values remained constant at values, which were almost identical with the calculated ones. The composition ratios of I or II in copolymers of I-III or II-III were successfully determined by using the colloid titration technique. I-III and II-III were copolymerized in aqueous solutions at pH 5.5 at 50°C for I-III, and at 70°C for II-III system, respectively, by using azobiscyanovaleric acid as an initiator. The reactivity ratios were determined as
r1=4.00,
r2=0.30 for copolymer I-III and
r1=3.06,
r2=0.57, for copolymer II-III, respectively. The
Q and
e values calculated from these reactivity ratios were
Q=3.26,
e=0.87 for I;
Q=2.32,
e=0.56 for II.
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