http://wwwcourses.sens.buffalo.edu/ce435/StewardHearnWilkinson2000.pdf

An overview of polymer latex film formation and properties.

The dynamic behavior of continuous polymerization reactors—I: Isothermal solution polymerization in a CSTR

Nonlinear model predictive control of a simulated multivariable polymerization reactor using second-order Volterra models

Kinetics of free radical copolymerization

A study of the thermal degradation of methyl methacrylate polymers and copolymers by thermal volatilization analysis

Styrene and methyl methacrylate have been polymerized at 25° using α,α′-azo-bis-isobutyronitrile labeled with C14 as initiator. The numbers of initiator fragments per polymer molecule have been determined by measurements of the average molecular weights of the polymers by osmometry and the specific activities of the polymers and the initiator by gas counting. It is found that polystyrene radicals combine at 25° and that for polymethyl methacrylate radicals at this temperature disproportionation occurs about twice as frequently as combination.

The termination reaction in radical polymerizations. Polymerizations of methyl methacrylate and styrene at 25

Styrene has been polymerized at 60° and methyl methacrylate at 0 and 60° using 2,2′-azo-bis-isobutyronitrile labeled with C14 as initiator. The average number of labeled end groups per molecule has been determined for the various polymers and so the relative importances of combination and disproportionation have been assessed. It has been found that polystyrene radicals undergo combination at 60°. In the case of methyl methacrylate, disproportionation occurs about 6 times as frequently as combination at 60° and about 1.5 times as frequently at 0° the activation energy for disproportionation is about 4 kcal. per mole greater than that for combination. The copolymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate at 60° has been studied by this technique. It is found that when polystyrene radicals interact with polymethyl methacrylate radicals at this temperature combination occurs. The rates of initiation in the copolymerizations have been determined by a new method; the rate of this step is found to be virtually independent of the composition of the monomer mixture.

The termination reaction in radical polymerizations. II. Polymerizations of styrene at 60° and of methyl methacrylate at 0 and 60°, and the copolymerization of these monomers at 60°

R. P. Taylor

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The termination reaction in radical polymerizations. Polymerizations of methyl methacrylate and styrene at 25

The termination reaction in radical polymerizations. II. Polymerizations of styrene at 60° and of methyl methacrylate at 0 and 60°, and the copolymerization of these monomers at 60°