Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate and Acrylic Acid Monomers Using Azobisiso Butyronitrile (Aibn) Initiator as Polymeric Biocide

Abstract

POLYMERIZATION OF VINYL ACETATE AND ACRYLIC ACID MONOMERS USING AZOBISISOBUTYRONITRILE (AIBN) INITIATORAS POLYMERICBIOCIDE. Polymerization of vinyl acetate/acrylic acid with Cu (PVAc/AA-Cu) copolymer as biocide in marine coatingwas studied. The proposed approach of the copolymer will be used as a biocide for antifouling. Polymerization process of acrylic acid with vinyl acetate using AIBN as an initiator has been done. Characterization of the products was conducted using Fourier transform infra red (FT-IR) to determine the structure of polymer molecules. Moreover, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) was also used to determine the concentration of Cu, which was entrapped into the polymeric biocide (PVAc/AA-Cu). On the other hands, transmission electron microscope (TEM) was conducted to identify morphology, size and shape of the product