Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Chemistry Edition · 1974 · 83 citations · 4 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMaterials ScienceChemical KineticsPolymer ChemistryPolymer MaterialsFree-radical PolymerizationPolymer PhysicsPolymer ProcessingPolymerization ChemistryPolymerization KineticsPolymerization ProcessesFree-radical Polymerization KineticsGraft PolymersGraftingRadical Termination Reactions
Abstract A kinetic analysis of the grafting reaction has shown that, provided rubber radicals are not involved in termination reactions, the observed normal kinetics of styrene polymerization are to be expected. An expression relating the graft fraction with the rubber and monomer concentrations has been derived and its validity verified from the results reported in Part I. The observation that the molecular weight of the ungrafted PBD falls during the reaction has been explained on a theoretical basis.
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