Effect of solvent on the rate constants in solution polymerization. Part I. Butyl acrylate

A kinetic study of butyl acrylate free radical polymerization in benzene solution

“…In agreement with this, Dube et al [13] showed that the gel effect seems to be present at the very onset of the bulk polymerization of BA. Consequently, experimentally, it is very difficult to obtain reliable values of kinetic coefficients from a bulk homopolymerization of BA at 50 8C.…”

“…They have also found that this parameter depends very strongly on the monomer concentration, decreasing as the solution becomes more dilute. Dube et al [13] have shown the difficulty of measuring the initial rate of polymerization in the bulk homopolymerization of butyl acrylate. They have indicated that the gel effect seems to be present at the very onset of polymerization.…”

Influence of the stereochemical configuration on the radical polymerization of methacrylic monomers:cis- andtrans-(2-cyclohexyl-1,3-dioxan-5-yl) methacrylate

“…The values of k d for the calculations at each temperature of interest were taken from the literature. [32][33][34][35] The good fit of the simulations to the experimental results, shown in Figures 5 and 6, indicates that the polymerizations were well described by normal kinetics up to very high conversions at the low monomer concentration levels used in the experiments.…”

The Effect of Intramolecular Transfer to Polymer on Stationary Free Radical Polymerization of Alkyl Acrylates

“…McKenna et al 7 have studied the stationary polymerization of butyl acrylate in toluene and in ethyl acetate at 60°C, for [M] between 0.3 and 1.3 mol‚L -1 . k p /k t 0.5 values are estimated experimentally under the assumption that the ratio does not change with conversion, and their dependence on [M] is captured by eq 31.…”

“…Numerous studies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] indicate that alkyl acrylate kinetics deviate considerably from the expected behavior for stationary free radical polymerization (eq 1).…”