Polymerization determining

The ion-pair complex formed by the interaction of hydroxobis(8-quinolyloxo) vanadium (V) [VOQ2OH] and /i-butyl amine is also effective in photoinitiation of polymerization of MMA in bulk and in solution [40]. The quantum yield of initiation and polymerization determined are equal to 0.166 and 35.0, respectively. Hydroxyl radical ( OH) is reported to be the initiating radical and the following photoreaction is suggested ... 

The degrees of polymerization determined by mass spectroscopy are corroborated by vapor pressure osmometry and gel permeation chromatography studies (21). 

The same type of addition—as shown by X-ray analysis—occurs in the cationic polymerization of alkenyl ethers R—CH=CH—OR and of 8-chlorovinyl ethers (395). However, NMR analysis showed the presence of some configurational disorder (396). The stereochemistry of acrylate polymerization, determined by the use of deuterated monomers, was found to be strongly dependent on the reaction environment and, in particular, on the solvation of the growing-chain-catalyst system at both the a and jS carbon atoms (390, 397-399). Non-solvated contact ion pairs such as those existing in the presence of lithium catalysts in toluene at low temperature, are responsible for the formation of threo isotactic sequences from cis monomers and, therefore, involve a trans addition in contrast, solvent separated ion pairs (fluorenyllithium in THF) give rise to a predominantly syndiotactic polymer. Finally, in mixed ether-hydrocarbon solvents where there are probably peripherally solvated ion pairs, a predominantly isotactic polymer with nonconstant stereochemistry in the jS position is obtained. It seems evident fiom this complexity of situations that the micro-tacticity of anionic poly(methyl methacrylate) cannot be interpreted by a simple Bernoulli distribution, as has already been discussed in Sect. III-A. 

AH values for various monomers. The AS values fall in a narrower range of values. The methods of evaluating AH and AS have been reviewed [Dainton and Ivin, 1950, 1958], These include direct calorimetric measurements of AH for the polymerization, determination by the difference between the heats of combustion of monomer and polymer, and measurements of the equilibrium constant for the polymerization. The overall thermodynamics of the polymerization of alkenes is quite favorable. The value of AG given by... 

Experimental investigation of the kinetics of template step polymerization, determination of average molecular weights of the product, and molecular weight distribution are still available for future studies. 

Table 2. Heats of polymerization determined from ceiling temperatures and from calorimetry...

Figure 2. Rate of change of degree of polymerization of H5PO -swollen cellulose by Ct and Cx enzymes of T. koningii cellulose. Residual cellulose was dissolved in Cadoxen (46) and the degree of polymerization determined viscometrically (46).

Use mechanisms to show how monomers polymerize under acidic, basic, or free-radical conditions. For chain-growth polymerization, determine whether the reactive end is more stable as a cation (acidic conditions), anion (basic conditions), or free radical (radical initiator). For step-growth polymerization, consider the mechanism of the condensation. 

Although the thermodynamics of the products of multistage polymerization determine which structure will be the most stable, it is possible, and frequently necessary, to produce particle structures that appear nominally to be thermodynamically forbidden. This is achieved either by changing the surface characteristics of a polymer phase from those of the bulk material or by employing kinetic factors to produce and anchor energetically unfavored morphologies. Both types of methods are summarized below. 

Photopolymerization experiments were carried out to compare the efficiency of the photoinitiated polymerization as a function of the SCCA structures. The rates of polymerization determined from the efficiencies of the photopolymerization after 6 min of irradiation are also presented in Table 11. A reference sample containing CB and other components, but without any co-initiator, did not show any polymerization. The results in Table 11 show that the rate of photoinitiated polymerization depends on the SCCA used. 

The composition of the copolymer formed at the beginning of polymerization is generally different from the composition of the equilibrium polymerization product [167, 173, 174]. Whereas kinetic factors are decisive for the former, the heat and entropy of polymerization determine the composition of the equilibrium copolymer. 

One distinguishing feature of most synthetic polymers is that they are polydisperse. The entire polymer sample is made up of individual molecules that have a distribution of degrees of polymerization, determined by the particular synthesis method used. If all polymers in a given sample have the same number of monomers, the sampleTs monodisperse. There are many... 

The number of the internal cis units determined from the intensity ratio of either the cis C-l or C-4 methylene signal to the a C-4 methylene carbon signal, was approximately 1000 and 2200 for the polymers S-l and S-2, respectively. Similar NOE and shorter T values for these carbon atoms indicate that an almost quantitative evaluation is possible for the intensity ratios between these methylene carbon signals. The degree of polymerization determined from the a-terminal unit agrees with that from GPC for these samples, i.e., 1100 for S-l and 1800 for S-2. This... 

Thus, according to Plesch et al. 25,54) enthalpies of polymerization determined from the heats of combustion of 7-oxabicyclo 2,2,l heptane and its 2-methyl derivatives are considerably higher than those for unsubstituted and substituted 5-membered rings (Table 2.10). 

Figure 4.6-6 Arrhenius plot of the inverse average degree of polymerization, determined by either viscosimetry or size-exclusion chromatography for polyethylenes produced at 2000 bar and various temperatures T, the initiation and thus termination rates are very low in these experiments [37,38].h...

The structure of the hydrophobically modified polymer is set by the number of micelles and the number of hydrophobic monomers present during polymerization. Determination of the structure of the polymer is a problem because of the extremely small concentration of the hydrophobic monomers in the polymer (< 1 mol %). Normal analytical techniques such as NMR are not suflBciently sensitive to determine the number or the sequence length of the hydrophobic regions in such polymers. 

Addition polymerization is exothermic, and one of the major constraints to high production rates is the problems associated with heat removal. In processes using ethylene, the pressure of the gas determines solubility in the liquid phases (i.e., water and vinyl acetate monomer droplets) and in the polymer particles. This concentration of ethylene at the point of polymerization determines the ethylene content of the final polymer. Use of high pressures in such systems eliminates refluxing of the vinyl acetate, losing a very eflective heat removal mechanism available to simple batch-process PVA production. Refluxing,... 

The vast majority of the polymers are produced using a few classes of polymerizations (coordination polymerization, free-radical polymerization and step-growth polymerization). The type of polymerization determines not only the kind of polymer obtained, but also the reactor configuration and the way in which the process is conducted. Therefore, the book is organized according to the type of polymerization. 

Sillars, D. R. Landis, C. R. Catalytic propene polymerization Determination of propagation, termination, and epimerization kinetics by direct NMR observation of the (EBI)Zr(Me(BC6F5)3)propenyl catalyst species. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003,125, 9894—9895. 

While the SNR-mediated polymerization process comprises heating a mixture of monomer(s) and P-N adduct (that acts both as an initiator and a controlling agent), or a mixture of monomer(s), free-radical initiator, and SNR (or P-N adduct), the best temperature of polymerization, determined by experiments, is the one that leads to (i) a fast initiation rate as compared to the propagation rate (ii) a fast equilibrium between the active species and the dormant ones (iii) a low concentration of active species in order to minimize the termination and/or transfer reactions and (iv) a negligible thermal polymerization (of styrenic monomers). For example, the rate of formation of thermal radicals in styrene is equal to 1.6x10 mol L s at 100°C, 0.6x10 mol L... 

Cleavage degree of polymerization, determined by degradation of branches with pullulanase or isoamylase. 

The number-average degree of polymerization is the number of polymerized units divided by the number of polymer chains, obtained by end-group analysis (e.g., NMR). The weight-average degree of polymerization determines most important properties of a polymer ... 

Bon SAP, Chambard G, German AL. Nitroxide-mediated Uving radical polymerization determination of the rate coefficient for alkoxyamine C-O bond homolysis by quantitative ESR. Macromolecules 1999 32 8269-8276. 

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