A linearization procedure for the determination of the radical reactivity ratios in restricted penultimate copolymerization systems

A newly developed method for the determination of the radical reactivity ratios is presented. Two main equations are used and the parameters can be calculated from the ordinate and the slope of the linearization plots. Both equations yield identical values when applied to synthetic data which conforms to the ideal situation of no error in the input data. As experimental data are always subject to some kind of error, a sensitivity analysis was carried out which took into account a relatively pronounced error in the monomer reactivity ratios. It turned out that the new linearization method may even be indicative of the quality of the input data under favorable conditions. [GRAPHICS]