Polymerization Kinetics of n-Alkyl Acrylates
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part A - Chemistry
- Vol. 8 (4) , 753-773
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222337408066396
Abstract
The polymerization kinetics of C4, C8, and C12 n-alkyl acrylates are characterized by monomer orders of 1.5 or greater and in the case of the C8 and C12 esters an initiator exponent of less than 0.5. Various explanations for the high monomer exponent have been considered including mechanisms based on intramolecular degradative transfer or the presence of a dimeric monomer species. Initiator exponents of less than 0.5 are explained in terms of a chain length dependence of the diffusion-controlled termination constant. Rotating sector curves have been obtained for the acrylates, and this data for n-butyl acrylate yields a value of 1.4×106 dm3/ (mole)(sec) for the termination constant.Keywords
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