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Kinetics of free radical polymerizations in reactive polymer processing
Author(s) -
Huang Y. J.,
Lee L. J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690311002
Subject(s) - radical polymerization , polymer chemistry , kinetics , polymer , polymerization , kinetic chain length , chemistry , styrene , chain transfer , sheet moulding compound , diffusion , copolymer , materials science , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics
A kinetic model has been developed for radical chain growth type of reactive polymer processing operations. This model incorporates considerations of the molecular diffusion that is described by a free volume theory and the basic reaction mechanism of the free‐radical chain polymerization. Experimental results from the bulk styrene polymerization and a reaction of sheet molding compound (SMC) showed good agreement with the model.