A rapid and reliable method has been developed for the analysis of polymethacrylates. The polymer was decomposed on a heated wire at the entrance to a gas chromatographic column, and the monomeric constituents were identified from the resulting elution curve. Data on the specific retention volumes on an Apiezon K column are reported for a number of esters of methacrylic acid from straight-chain alcohols ranging from C2 to C18. Methods are described for predicting the retention volumes of unknown methacrylic esters at any temperature. The method shows promise for the analysis of copolymers from a wide range of vinyl monomers.
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Guillet et al. (1960) studied this question.