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Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and trifluoroethylene (TRFE) covering the whole range of copolymer compositions were prepared by the bulk-polymerization method using a peroxide as initiator. The monomer reactivity ratios were rA (VDF)=0.7 and rB (TRFE)=0.5. The microstructure of the copolymers was examined by high-resolution 19F NMR. The normalized monomer-diad and -triad fractions as a function of polymer composition were obtained from NMR line-intensity relationships and numerical calculations using the comonomer-sequence distribution theory suggested by Ito and Yamashita. It was found that the VDF–TRFE copolymer has a statistically random configuration, and the head-to-tail structures of VDF–TRFE or TRFE–VDF sequences are predominant.
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Yagi, T., Tatemoto, M. A Fluorine-19 NMR Study of the Microstructure of Vinylidene Fluoride–Trifluoroethylene Copolymers. Polym J 11, 429–436 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.11.429
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