Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.38, No.7, 1118-1128, 2000
Copolymerization at high conversion when the concentration of one monomer does not change
Exact equations and several computer programs were developed for use in studies on copolymerizations carried to high conversion when the concentration of one of the monomers (A) remains constant. Simple ACSL(R) and DESIRE(R) programs are described for simulating such copolymerizations, and their output was used to test programs and procedures that were developed to evaluate monomer reactivity ratios for such copolymerization systems. Based on an integrated form of the copolymer equation, Excel(R) and Fortran programs were developed for evaluating monomer reactivity ratios from information about initial monomer compositions, copolymer compositions, and the fractions of the second monomer (B) that reacted. A graphical procedure for evaluating monomer reactivity ratios from such data was also developed. A previous program developed far calculating information about monomer sequence distributions in copolymers was modified so that it would apply to copolymerization at high conversion when the concentration of one monomer remains constant.
Keywords:copolymerization;high conversion;reactivity ratios;sequence distribution;computer programming;simulation