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Kinetics of polymer analogous reactions
Author(s) -
Szymanski Ryszard
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
macromolecular theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-3919
pISSN - 1022-1344
DOI - 10.1002/mats.1992.040010304
Subject(s) - kinetics , polymer , copolymer , thermodynamics , transformation (genetics) , rate equation , chemical kinetics , distribution (mathematics) , reaction rate constant , reagent , kinetic energy , polymer chemistry , materials science , chemistry , statistical physics , physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , classical mechanics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , gene
The kinetics of reactions of polymer units depending on the closest vicinity is analyzed. The derived equation can be applied to transformations of homopolymers into copolymers. It directly allows (by fitting of the calculated kinetic curve to experimental data) to determine the corresponding rate constants, provided the analyzed reaction is zero or pseudo‐zero order with respect to the transformation reagent (and first order with respect to the polymer units). The Proposed procedure of numerical calculations allows to adopt the derived equation to other systems. It is shown in the Appendix that the distribution of blocks in the resulting copolymer is not Bernoullian, contrary to previous claims or assumptions.