Stoichiometric, thermodynamic and transport limitations

Vinyl addition polymers form no chemical by-products, but they certainly evolve heat. Some typical heats of polymerization are presented in Table 4.1. 

The calculated adiabatic temperature rises assume complete conversion of the monomers and a heat capacity of 2 J g K . The addition polymers have such large exotherms that thermal runaways are possible. The full adiabatic 

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