Chemical Classification of Polymers Based on Polymerization Mechanisms

3 CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION OF POLYMERS BASED ON POLYMERIZATION MECHANISMS [Pg.16]

In older hterature, it was suggested that all polymers could be assigned to one of the two following classes, depending on the reaction mechanism by which they are synthesized. [Pg.16]

These polymers are formed by sequential addition of one bifunctional or polyfunctional monomer to growing polymer chains (say, P ) without the elimination of any part of the monomer molecule. With the subscript n representing the chain length, the polymerization can be schematically represented as follows [Pg.16]

M represents a monomer molecule this chain growth step is usually very fast. [Pg.16]

The classic example of addition polymerization is the preparation of vinyl polymers. Vinyl monomers are imsaturated organic compounds having the following stracture [Pg.17]

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