LIVING POLY(ALPHA-METHYLSTYRENE) NEAR THE POLYMERIZATION LINE .6. CHEMICAL-KINETICS

Authors
ZHUANG JW DAS SS NOWAKOWSKI MD GREER SC
Citation
Jw. Zhuang et al., LIVING POLY(ALPHA-METHYLSTYRENE) NEAR THE POLYMERIZATION LINE .6. CHEMICAL-KINETICS, Physica. A, 244(1-4), 1997, pp. 522-535
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03784371
Volume
244
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
522 - 535
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(1997)244:1-4<522:LPNTPL>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We present new measurements of the kinetics of polymerization near the polymerization line of poly(a-methylstyrene) in the solvent tetrahydr ofuran, initiated by sodium naphthalide or cesium naphthalide. We deve lop a computer model of the kinetics of the reversible polymerization of this system. We fit the model to the experimental data to obtain ra te constants for propagation and depropagation.