Artigo Revisado por pares

Theory of Molecular Size Distribution and Gel Formation in Branched Polymers II. General Cross Linking

1944; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 12; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.1723922

ISSN

1520-9032

Autores

W. H. Stockmayer,

Tópico(s)

Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials

Resumo

A statistical calculation of the gel point and of the molecular size distribution is made for cross-linked high polymers of arbitrary initial size distribution. The weight-average polymerization degree of the cross-linked polymer depends only on the weight-average polymerization degree of the initial polymer and the degree of cross linking. The results obtained also apply to certain vinyl-divinyl copolymers. Polymerization degrees can be estimated from observations of the gel point.

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