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Effect of polyfunctional chain transfer agents on molecular weight distribution in free-radical polymerization, 1. The ideal case: C equals one

✍ Scribed by Cui Ming Yuan; Giuseppe Di Silvestro; Mario Farina


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
382 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1344

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Abstract

The theoretical approach to free‐radical polymerization in the presence of polyfunctional transfer agents can be derived in a simple way if the effects of primary chains and termination reactions are neglected. Under these conditions, and for values of the chain transfer constant C = 1, the analytical expressions for the number‐ and weight‐average degree of polymerization, dispersion index and weight distribution function were derived through the elementary probability theory and generating functions. Numerical examples are reported on the relationship between distribution parameters, functionality and monomer conversion.


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