Cross-linking molecular distribution from

Information about the molecular weight distributions for D light scattering in solution. When D> the number of cross-links is determined from e.g. the sol/gel fraction, swelling or elastic moduli. 

First, in composites with high fiber concentrations, there is little matrix in the system that is not near a fiber surface. Inasmuch as polymerization processes are influenced by the diffusion of free radicals from initiators and from reactive sites, and because free radicals can be deactivated when they are intercepted at solid boundaries, the high interfacial area of a prepolymerized composite represents a radically different environment from a conventional bulk polymerization reactor, where solid boundaries are few and very distant from the regions in which most of the polymerization takes place. The polymer molecular weight distribution and cross-link density produced under such diffusion-controlled conditions will differ appreciably from those in bulk polymerizations. 

Investigations into the molecular weight distribution showed that C—C bond break down randomly [126]. Thus, in the PS oxidized at 473 K, the ratio Mw/A/n initially increased from 1.06 to 1.50 (in this case, Mn decreased from 400,000 to 90,000) and remained virtually unchanged during further oxidation. The situation was different with PE residual oxygen at concentrations as low as 0.3% promoted the destruction of this polymer [127]. Moreover, anaerobic conditions at 588 K induced cross-linking processes in PE, while in the presence of 0.34% 02 the destructive processes became predominant. The decrease in Mn at 628 K under anaerobic conditions was not accompanied by changes in the ratio Mw/Mn 3. Conversely, this ratio increased in the course of the oxidative destruction of PE. 

We note from Table VIII a strong interest in halogenated resists, particularly those substituted with chlorine. The addition of chlorine to the aromatic structure of polystyrene has a marked effect on cross-linking efficiency. Monodisperse polystyrene, for example, has a sensitivity on the order of 50 p C/cm2, yet with as little as 20% chloromethyl groups substituted on the ring, the sensitivity is improved to 2 C/cm2 for comparable molecular weight and distribution. 

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