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Synthesis and evaluation of a class of sulfonic water soluble polymer with high content of nonionic surfmer units

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A novel class of hydrophobic associated copolymers with high content of nonionic surfmer was synthesized and characterized by 1H-NMR and GPC. These copolymers are the copolymerization product of 2-(acrylamido)-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS) and different contents of nonionic surfmer AA-TX-100. The cac values of copolymer AMPS/AA-TX-100 series are increased with the decrease of surfmer units in the fluorescence test and concentration versus viscosity test, as the introduced surfmer units AA-TX-100 along polymer chain can lead to strong intermolecular hydrophobic association in water. Copolymer AMPS/AA-TX-100 series show better salt tolerance than poly-(2-(acrylamido)-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid) (PAMPS). The shearing resistance test shows that copolymer solutions have shear-thicken ability at low shear rate, which may be due to the susceptible intramolecular association formed by copolymers with high content hydrophobic groups (more than 1 mol%). Copolymers can reduce the interfacial tension between n-heptane/water, and the IFT values are around at 100 mN m−1 level and have good ability to form emulsions with good stability.

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This work was financially supported by major national Science and Technology program (2011ZX05024004). The authors thank the State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation and the Engineering Research Center of Oilfield Chemistry, Ministry of Education Key Lab for experiment condition support.

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    Zhongbin Ye, Xuan Zhang, Lijuan Han, Jinfang Jiang & Jiarong Song

  2. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, People’s Republic of China

    Zhongbin Ye, Xuan Zhang, Hong Chen & Lijuan Han

  3. Exploration Research institute, PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company, Tarim, People’s Republic of China

    Jinyi Yuan

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Ye, Z., Zhang, X., Chen, H. et al. Synthesis and evaluation of a class of sulfonic water soluble polymer with high content of nonionic surfmer units. Colloid Polym Sci 293, 2321–2330 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-015-3609-5

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