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Azeotropic Equilibrium Copolymerization
Author(s) -
Szymanski Ryszard
Publication year - 2015
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.201500034
Subject(s) - comonomer , copolymer , thermodynamics , polymer chemistry , kinetics , materials science , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , polymer , classical mechanics
Conditions for azeotropic copolymerization derived for irreversible systems are not satisfactory for reversible copolymerizations. The presented theoretical treatment leads to formulation of conditions for a terminal (dyad) model equilibrium copolymerization to form copolymer azeotropes. Numerical simulations of kinetics of copolymer formation confirm validity of the derived relationships between rate and equilibrium constants and comonomer concentrations.