Kinetic simulation of polymerization involving termination by reversible chain transfer

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Title: Kinetic simulation of polymerization involving termination by reversible chain transfer
Author(s): Johnson, Charles H. J.; Moad, Graeme; Solomon, David H.; Spurling, Thomas H.
Abstract: Numerical integration has been used as a means of simulating the title polymerization so that the variation of molecular weight and molecular weight distribution with reaction time (conversion) can be evaluated. The time/conversion dependence of the polydispersity (R) has been evaluated as a function of the relative magnitude of the rate constants associated with the initiation/termination equilibria . It is shown that the short term behaviour of R and the rate of approach to the value (R = 4/3) predicted by the steady state treatment have a marked dependence on the choice of rate constants.
Publication type: Journal article
Source: Australian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 39, no. 12 (1986), pp. 1943-1950
Publication year: 1986
Keyword(s): Molecules; Polymerisation
Publisher: CSIRO
ISSN: 0004-9425
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH9861943
Peer reviewed