Investigation of Electrode Metals and Supporting Electrolytes in the Electrochemical Polymerization of Acrylamide

The electrochemical polymerization of acrylamide in N, N-dimethyl formamide was carried out using electrode of different metals and with different supporting electrolytes. Maximum polymer yield was obtained when Zn metal was used as an electrode. Similarly, among the different tetraalkylammonium or phosphonium halide used as the supporting electrolyte, the yield was maximum with tetrabutylammoniumhexachloroantimonate. The effects of electrode metals and nature of supporting electrolytes on the polymer yield was investigated.

Keywords: Acrylamide, Electrode metal, Supporting electrolyte, Electrochemical polymerization.