Hk. Das et Bc. Singh, EFFECT OF TOLUENE ON THE POLYMERIZATION OF AN INITIATED BY CE(IV)-SUCROSE REDOX SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF SURFACTANTS, Journal of applied polymer science, 49(6), 1993, pp. 1107-1113
The effects of toluene on the kinetics of polymerization of acrylonitr
ile (AN) initiated by the Ce(IV)/sucrose redox system were studied in
the presence of an emulsifier, N-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (NCTAB
) in the temperature range 35-45-degrees-C. The effects of concentrati
on of metal ion, monomer, sulfuric acid, substrate (sucrose), emulsifi
er, toluene, some inorganic salt, and organic solvent on R(p) have als
o been investigated. The remarkable features of the investigation invo
lve the derivation of the rate expression for the above system with th
e calculation of activation energy. (C) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.