Emulsion polymerization molecular weight issues

In emulsion polymerization, the molecular weights strongly depend on the average number of radicals per particle. Detailed mathematical models for the calculation of linear [23] and nonlinear [24-34] polymers for any value of n are available. A detailed discussion of this issue is outside the scope of this chapter. Instead, particular solutions for the limiting cases of Smith-Ewart [7] are presented in Table 4.1 where for Case 3, it was considered that the main chain growth termination event was bimolecular termination. 

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