KINETICS OF RADICAL COPOLYMERIZATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF THE SELECTIVE SORPTION OF MONOMERS

Kinetic mechanisms of the copolymerization of vinyl acetate with N-vinylpyrrolidone under conditions of the selective sorption of monomers is studied, and the applicability of the main kinetic equations for the rate of copolymerization is verified, Experimental data are fitted best by the Melville equation for the rate of copolymerization. It is shown that, under conditions of the selective sorption of monomers, the composition and microstructure of the copolymer and the rate of copolymerization can be described by existing equations With specified values of the ratio [M(1)(0)]/[M(2)(0)] and the effective quantities r(1) and r(2) corresponding to experimental conditions.