Radiation induced synthesis of phosphorus containing polymers in heterogeneous systems

The results of the study on the process of the phosphorus-containing polymers (PCP) synthesis, representing modified red phosphorus, are summarized through the method of radiation heterogeneous polymerization of elementary phosphorus in the water emolgosuspension. By considering the possibility of an initiating agent formation it is necessary in the first turn to account for water radiolysis. High values of radiation-chemical yields demonstrate the chain character of the process. The rate of polymerization grows with increase in the emulsifier concentration, which is conditioned by growth of initiating particles yield and stabilization of initiating agents, formed of water in the solution of surface-active substances (SAS). Analysis of electron microphotos showed that after formation of a polymer layer 0.2-0.3 μm thick on the SAS surface, the surface polymerization practically discontinues and the process goes on only in the particles mass on the account of the radiation direct impact