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Acrylic Pellets: Methyl Methacrylate Stirred into Beads in Gelatine Water at 75 °C (Crawford & McGrath, ICI, US 2,108,044)
Stirred hard enough in water with a little gelatine, methyl methacrylate breaks into droplets that harden into separate beads of acrylic instead of one solid lump. ICI's beads settle out, wash easily and go straight to the moulding press.
Result: hard acrylic granules, used as moulding and extrusion pellets (they are beads, not cut pellets).
Source: Crawford & McGrath, US 2,108,044 (ICI, 1938), Examples 5 and 6. Picture drawn by Youblob.
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Instructions
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Dissolve 1 part benzoyl peroxide in 100 parts monomer
Dissolve 1 part benzoyl peroxide in 100 parts monomer
Dissolve 1 part by weight of benzoyl peroxide in 100 parts of methyl methacrylate.
Materials for this step:
Methyl Methacrylate100 parts by weight
Benzoyl Peroxide1 part by weightTools needed:
Balance Scale2
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Mix with 200 parts of water holding 2 parts gelatine
Mix with 200 parts of water holding 2 parts gelatine
Mix it with 200 parts of water containing 2 parts of gelatine in solution (Example 6; Example 5 uses a soluble starch instead).
Tools needed:
Gelatin Powder
Water
Jacketed Polymerisation Reactor3
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Stir at 1000 rpm and blow in steam to 75 °C
Stir at 1000 rpm and blow in steam to 75 °C
Stir at 1000 rpm and blow steam into the stirred mixture to bring it to 75 °C, and hold it there. After about 115 minutes the temperature starts to rise by itself: shut off the steam.
Tools needed:
Stirrer
Steam Boiler
Thermometer - Lab4
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At the 82 °C peak, cool to 60 °C with cold water
At the 82 °C peak, cool to 60 °C with cold water
When the temperature peaks at 82 °C, cool the mixture to 60 °C by adding cold water.
Tools needed:
Water5
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Centrifuge, wash and dry at 100 °C
Centrifuge, wash and dry at 100 °C
Separate the granules in a centrifuge and wash them with 1 % hydrochloric acid, water, 2 % ammonia solution, and repeatedly with water. Dry them at 100 °C.
Tools needed:
Basket Centrifuge
Hydrochloric Acid
Ammonia Solution - Dilute
Drying OvenMaterials
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