Rate of İnitiation of Methyl Acrylate Polymerization
Abstract
Relations between reciprocal number average degree of polymerization and rate of polymerization derived by some workers [1] were applied to the experimental data on the polymerization of methyl acrylate initiated by benzoyl peroxide and azo-bis- isobutyronitrile at 60 °C. Chain transfer constants for benzoyl peroxide and azo-bis- isobutyronitrile are zero. Initiator efficiencies of these initiators are close to unity indi** cating that the termination reaction occurs mainly by disproportionation. The rate expressions of the initiation reaction related to the initiator concentration are given for the two initiators in question.
Keywords
İnitiation, Methyl, Polymerization