Kinetics of polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated with cyclohexanone. Part I

✍ Scribed by Kaim, A.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1984
• Weight: 224 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0360-6376
• DOI: 10.1002/pol.1984.170220811

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The kinetics of radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate were investigated in a dioxane solution with cyclohexanone as initiator. It was found that the overall rate of reaction initiated with cyclohexanone (R~p~) is proportional to the concentration of monomer and to the square root of the concentration of the initiator. The effect of temperature on the R~p~ in the temperature range of 65–95°C was discussed. The Arrhenius activation energy E~a~ estimated for the temperature range of 65–75°C was 137 kJ mol^−1^.