Cao Guiping, Zhu Zhongnan(State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering. KINETICS OF RADICAL POLYMERIZATION IN A STARVED FEED REACTOR(Ⅰ)── DISCUSSION ON LONG-CHAIN ASSUMPTION[J]. CIESC Journal, 1996, (1).
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Cao Guiping, Zhu Zhongnan(State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering. KINETICS OF RADICAL POLYMERIZATION IN A STARVED FEED REACTOR(Ⅰ)── DISCUSSION ON LONG-CHAIN ASSUMPTION[J]. CIESC Journal, 1996, (1).DOI:
KINETICS OF RADICAL POLYMERIZATION IN A STARVED FEED REACTOR(Ⅰ)── DISCUSSION ON LONG-CHAIN ASSUMPTION
It is always assumed that polymerization rate is equal to chain propagation rate while setting up kinetics model of radical polymerization.In the assumption the rate of monomer consumption due to the reaction of primary radicals with monomer is very small and can be ignored
and that is the long-chain assumption.This paper deals with the as sumption in detail.The calculated results indicates that in the case of high temperature and/or high initiator concentration
especially in a starved feed reactor
the long-chain assumption needs correcting so that a more accurate kinetics model of radical polymerization can be set up.