Study of the Role of Charge-Transfer Complexes in Some Bulk-Phase Free-Radical Polymerizations

Abstract

Abstract Literature copolymer composition data on the bulk polymerizations of maleic anhydride-styrene, acrylonitrile-styrene, and fumaronitrile-styrene have been considered in terms of the complex participation model. An assessment has been made in each case as to whether sequence information would be able to distinguish between the complex and penultimate polymerization models.