Abstract
In previous work crosslinked copolymers were prepared from cinnamoyloxy ethyl methacrylate (CEMA) and several monomers feed ratios of octadecyl acrylate (ODA). Networks so produced are both flexible and porous; we now report their swelling efficacies as a function of temperature in toluene and in crude petroleum. Network characteristics is presented including the polymer + solvent interaction parameter χ, effective crosslink density υ
, equilibrium modulus of elasticity E, average molecular weight between crosslinks M
and the theoretical crosslink density υ
. These parameters are correlated with structures of the synthesized sorbers.