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A method of calculating copolymerization reactivity ratios
Author(s) -
Kuo JenFeng,
Chen ChuhYung
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1981.070260405
Subject(s) - copolymer , reactivity (psychology) , monomer , polymer chemistry , linearization , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , nonlinear system , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics
An improved linearization method is proposed for determining the monomer reactivity ratios of free‐radical copolymerizations by fitting the data of cumulative copolymer compositions and overall weight fractional conversions, or cumulative copolymer compositions and residual monomer compositions of the reaction mixture. The reactivity ratios of monomers for four different copolymerization reactions are determined. The results are very close to those of literature reports and account well for the experimental results.