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Whether the first or the second factor dominates depends on the type of polymerization process involved. If the period during which the polymer molecule is growing is short compared to the residence time of the molecule in the reactor, the first factor dominates. This situation holds for many free radical and ionic polymerization processes where the reaction intermediates are extremely short-lived. Figure 9.11, taken from Denbigh (10), indicates the types of behavior expected for systems of this type. 

For cases where the growth period is the same as the residence time in the reactor, as in polycondensation processes, the residence time distribution is the dominant factor influencing the molecular weight distribution. In this case one obtains a broader molecular weight distribution from a CSTR than from a batch reactor. Figure 9.12 [also taken from Denbigh (11)] indicates the type of behavior expected for systems of this type. 

While CCSD and especially CCSD(T) are known [36] to be less sensitive to nondynamical correlation effects than low-order perturbation theoretical methods, some sensitivity remains, and deterioration of W1 and W2 results is to be expected for systems that exhibit severe nondynamical correlation character. A number of indicators exist for this, such as the T diagnostic of Lee and Taylor [64], the size of the largest amplitudes in the converged CCSD wavefunction, and natural orbital occupations of the frontier orbitals. 

For typical outer-sphere exchanges at ordinary temperatures, it seems probable that the original assumption of Hush and of Marcus that barrier penetration is a comparatively minor effect is correct. Moreover> it is, in a particular case, quite simple to calculate. The more general questions to which we do not yet have an answer are how adequate is the Golden Rule approach in discussing tunnelling, and, in particular, what would be expected for systems strictly remaining on one surface (electronically adiabatic) A number of fundamental issues involved here have been discussed in a recent series of papers (42-45). 

The set of molecules for which the relationship of Eq. (3.3) has been tested with the reported accuracy, has certain sinq>lifying features in common They all have standard bonding coordinations around each atom and the shortfall of the SCF energy is entirely due to dynamic correlations. Modifications are to be expected for systems where these premises are not satisfied. Even with these limitations, however, the molecules in Table 2 represent a variety of atom and bond combinations. It is therefore remarkable that, for all of them, the correlation energy can be recovered by a sinq>le system-independent formula that allows for a physically meaningful interpretation. 

At low light flux, the semiconductor sensitization is constrained to one electron routes, since the valence band hole is annihilated by a single electron transfer. Presumably after decarboxylation the resulting alkyl radical can be reduced to the observed monodecarboxylate more rapidly than it can transfer a second electron to form the alkene. In a conventional electrochemical cell, in contrast, the initially formed radical is held at an electrode poised at the potential of the first oxidation so that two-electron products cannot be avoided and alkene is isolated in fair chemical yield. Other contrasting reactivity can be expected for systems in which the usual electrochemistry follows multiple electron paths. 

Many of these reactions have been studied before in the section on NaOa and so will not be discussed again here. In excess NO, the rate becomes nearly first-order over most of the decomposition with a rate constant which is itself a function of the total pressure. NO2 is an inhibitor for the decomposition, and in consequence the reaction in the absence of added NO shows a steady fall in apparent first-order rate constant with continuing decomposition. In this respect the nitrates and nitrites all seem to have in common the feature that the pyrolysis products inhibit the rate of decomposition. Tliis is to be expected in systems decomposing via radical mechanisms when the products of the reaction include such efficient radical traps as NO and NO2. It is unfortunate that quantitative data on these systems are at present so sparse and in many cases disparate. This is to be expected for systems that are so complex and show such sensitivity to surface reactions. The free radical chemistry of these systems is, however, a very interesting and important one, and efforts to elucidate it will eventually turn out to be quite rewarding. 

In the second case of Pi > 1, addition of small amounts of B results in a rapid increase in i/n until a constant maximum value is reached for which the concentration of B is sufficient to solvate the lanthanide ion completely. An example of this case is the solvation of Eu " in a water -l- DMSO mixture (curve I in fig. 13). Less regular behavior can be expected for systems in which strong interactions exist between solvent molecules A and B or between coordinated and bulk solvent molecules as well as for those in which the steric barrier increases markedly with the degree of solvation. Such an irregular pattern is observed in the solvation of Eu in a water - - DMF mixture. In this system, i/n is larger than the bulk solvent mole fraction of DMF below 0.7, but the reverse occurs at higher mole fractions of DMF (curve III in fig. 13). 

Solvation of f-element cations in mixed aqueous solvents has been studied using the fluorescence technique. With Eu(III) ion as a probe (Tanaka et al. 1988, Lis and Choppin 1991), in water-acetone, water-acetonitrile and water-1,4-dioxane, the first solvation sphere is occupied exclusively by water molecules even at bulk-phase mole fractions of water as low as 0.1 (fig. 6, curve I). However, in solvents with more basic donors such as DMSO (DMSO is dimethylsulphoxideX the metal ion is preferentially solvated by DMSO even for very low mole fractions of DMSO in the solvent (curve II, fig. 6). Less regular behavior can be expected for systems in which (a) strong interactions exist between the components of the solvent mixture or between the coordinated... 

For nonspherical particles such as ellipsoids, two particle-size variables are needed, such as the major and minor semiaxes a and b. Superpositions can be expected for systems of comparable values of the dimensionless axial ratio r = alb. For deformable solid particles, the elastic modulus G governs deformation under shear this requires a new dimensionless group such as the ratio a/G. For emulsions, both the viscosity of the particle and the interfacial tension F will influence rheological behavior. The new dimensionless groups are the viscosity ratio and the stress ratio cta/F. Systems of interacting particles will be characterized by... 

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