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A kinetic model of step‐wise alternating polymerization for two bi‐functional monomers
Author(s) -
Galina Henryk
Publication year - 1995
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.1995.040040413
Subject(s) - copolymer , monomer , polymerization , kinetic energy , distribution (mathematics) , polymer chemistry , partial differential equation , molecule , thermodynamics , materials science , statistical physics , chemistry , computational chemistry , mathematics , physics , polymer , mathematical analysis , classical mechanics , organic chemistry
A classical kinetic model of step‐wise alternating copolymerization is presented. A set of three partial differential equations is derived for generating functions describing the size distribution of molecules terminated with two different or two alike units. From monomer composition and reactivities of functional groups the moments or averages of the molecular size distribution of copolymers can be calculated.