Reich Stivala

Reich, L. and Stivala, S. (1969) Autoxidation of Hydrocarbons and Polyolefins, Marcel Dekker, New York. 

Reich, L., and S. S. Stivala, Elements of Polymer Degradation, McGraw-HiU, New York, 1971. 

Reich L and Stivala SS, "Elements of Polymer Degradation", McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971. 

The complete mechanism of autoxidation is, however, very complex (see Reich and Stivala, 1969). 

Reich and Stivala have deduced the following expression [Eq. (1)] connecting the ratio of the weig)rt (W) of the polymer at a certain instant to the weight (Wq) before degradation and conversion. 

The general kinetic equations will now be developed, and solutions given for the most simple cases. They include all types of initiation and termination cited above for short [(1/7°) jc0 ] and long [(I/70) > jc0] zip length in the case of either uniform or random molecular weight distribution. Only the kinetic scheme and final equations will be given. For the complete mathematical development the reader is referred to the work of Boyd [19] and the other references cited. Similar kinetic equations have been suggested by Jellinek [20] and by Reich and Stivala [21]. 

L. Reich and S. Stivala, Elements of polymer degradation, McGraw-Hill, 1971. 

Another explanation for chemiluminescence has been suggested by Reich and Stivala [ 528, 530]. These authors believe that hydroperoxide decomposition is the elementary process giving the excitation namely,... 

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