Mechanism and Kinetics of Addition Polymerizations

595 Pages·1992·22.56 MB·English

by  R.G. Compton (Eds.)

COMPREHENSIVE CHEMICAL KINETICS
COMPREHENSIVE
Section 1. THE PRACTICE AND THEORY OF KINETICS
(3 volumes)
Section 2. HOMOGENEOUS DECOMPOSITION AND
ISOMERISATION REACTIONS (2 volumes)
Section 3. INORGANIC REACTIONS (2 volumes)
Section 4. ORGANIC REACTIONS (6 volumes)
Section 5. POLYMERISATION REACTIONS (3 volumes)
Section 6. OXIDATION AND COMBUSTION REACTIONS
(2 volumes)
Section 7. SELECTED ELEMENTARY REACTIONS (1 volume)
Section 8. HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS (4 volumes)
Section 9. KINETICS AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (I volume.)
Section 10. MODERN METHODS, THEORY, AND DATA
CHEMICAL KINETICS
EDITED BY
R. G. COMPTON
M. A., D. Phil. (Oxon.)
Universiry Lecturer in Physical Chemiscry
and Fellow, St. John’s College. Oxford
VOLUME 31
MECHANISM AND
KINETICS OF ADDITION
POLYMERIZATIONS
ELSEVIER
AMSTERDAM-OXFORD-NEW YORK-TOKYO
1992
Scientific Editor
Ing. Jan Sebenda, DrSc.
Reviewer
Ing. Jaroslav Bartoti, DrSc., Corresponding Member of the Slovak
Academy of Sciences
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Library of Congress CatalogJng-in-Publlcation Data
KuEera, Miloslav, 1927-
Mechanism and kinetics of addition polymerizations / (Miloslav Ku&ra).
p. cm. --(Comprehensive chemical kinetics; v. 31)
Translated from the Czech.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-444-98795-9
1. Addition polymerization. 2. Chemical reaction, Rate of. I. Title. 11. Series.
QD501.B242 vol. 31
(QD28 1. P6)
541.3'94 s-dc20
(541.3'93)
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1st edition Miloslav KuEera, 1984
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2nd revised edition Miloslav KuEera, 1992
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Translation Danica DoskoEilova, 1992
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COMPREHENSIVE CHEMICAL KINETICS
ADVISORY BOARD
Professor C. H. BAMFORD
Professor S. W. BENSON
Professor LORD DAINTON
Professor G. GEE
Professor G. S. HAMMOND
Professor W. JOST
Professor K. J. LAIDLER
Professor SIR HARRY MELVILLE
Professor S. OKAMURA
Professor N. N. SEMENOV
Professor Z. G. SZABO
Professor 0. WICHTERLE
Volumes in the Series
Section 1. THE PRACTICE AND THEORY OF KINETICS
(3 volumes)
Volume I The Practice of Kinetics
Volume 2 The Theory of Kinetics
Volume 3 The Formation and Decay of Excited Species
Section 2. HOMOGENEOUS DECOMPOSITION AND
ISOMERISATION REACTIONS (2 volumes)
Volume 4 Decomposition of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds
Volume 5 Decomposition and Isomerisation of Organic Compounds
Section 3. INORGANIC REACTIONS (2 volumes)
Volume 6 Reactions of Non-metallic Inorganic Compounds
Volume 7 Reactions of Metallic Salts and Complexes, and Organometallic Compounds
Section 4. ORGANIC REACTIONS (6 volumes)
Volume 8 Proton Transfer
Volume 9 Addition and Elimination Reactions of Aliphatic Compounds
Volume 10 Ester Formation and Hydrolysis and Related Reactions
Volume 12 Electrophilic Substitution at a Saturated Carbon Atom
Volume 13 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
Section 5. POLYMERISATION REACTIONS (3 volumes)
Volume 14 Degradation of Polymers
Volume 14A Free-radical Polymerisation
Volume 15 Non-radical Polymerisation
Section 6. OXIDATION AND COMBUSTION REACTIONS
(2 volumes)
Volume 16 Liquid-phase Oxidation
Volume I7 Gas-phase Combustion
Section 7. SELECTED ELEMENTARY REACTIONS (1 volume)
Volume I8 Selected Elementary Reactions
Section 8. HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS (4 volumes)
Volume 19 Simple Processes at Gas-Solid Interface
Volume 20 Complex Catalytic Processes
Volume 21 Reactions of Solids with Gases
Volume 22 Reactions in the Solid State
Section 9. KINETICS AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (1 volume)
Volume 23 Kinetics and Chemical Technology
Section 10. MODERN METHODS, THEORY, AND DATA
Volume 24 Modern Methods in Kinetics
Volume 25 Diffusion-limited Reactions
Volume 26 Electrode Kinetics: Principles and Methodology
Volume 27 Electrode Kinetics: Reactions
Volume 28 Reactions at the Liquid-Solid Interface
Volume 29 New Techniques for the Study of Electrodes and their Reactions
Volume 30 Electron Tunneling in Chemistry. Chemical Reactions over Large Distances
Volume 31 Mechanism and Kinetics of Addition Polymerizations
Contributor to Volume 31
M. KUCERA Research Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Tkalcovski 2,
656 49 Brno, Czechoslovakia
To my grandmother and parents