Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry · 1997 · 12 citations · 0 references
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Butyl acrylate (BA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) have been copolymerized in a 3 mol/L benzene solution using 2,2′-azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) as initiator over a wide composition and conversion range. The overall copolymerization parameter kp/kt1/2 and the composition of the copolymer formed have been measured as a function of conversion. Theoretical values of the coupled parameter kp/kt1/2 calculated from the implicit penultimate unit model and those of cumulative copolymer composition, determined from the Mayo—Lewis terminal model, have been correlated with those experimentally obtained. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 35: 1961–1965, 1997