| Abstract: | The heterogeneous bulk polymerization of acrylonitrile initiated by AIBN has been studied by means of an improved dilatometric technique and a new method of analysis, where the initial reaction rate (vw)0 results from the intercept of a straight line in a \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \frac {\ln \left( 1 \hbox{---} {\rm U} \right)} {{\rm e}^{{- 0,5} {\rm k}_{\rm s}{\rm t} \hbox{---} 1}}$\end{document} versus t plot. It has been found that the initial reaction rate is proportional to the square root of the initial catalyst concentration S0. The ratio of the rate coefficients of propagation and termination\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$\frac { {\rm k}_{\rm a} } { {\rm k}_{ {\rm w}^{2} } } $\end{document} could be calculated from the slope of a straight line passing through the origin in a plot of (vw)0 versus \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$\sqrt { {\rm S}_{0} }$\end{document} and yielded a value of 280 mol 1?1. |
