| Abstract: | Computer simulation is well-known to be a very efficient and powerful tool, applicable to a wide variety of situations. The present paper is concerned, in some detail, with a computer simulation model for obtaining the sol and gel fractions in polymeric networks. Apart from yielding the values of these parameters, even in situations that are characterized by a considerable amount of complexity, and where, as a consequence, the relevant mathematical procedures have not yet reached a stage of finality, the model developed in this paper can be of value in arriving at a satisfactory overall perspective of the chemical process as a whole. It yields results which enables one to answer such questions as where a crosslinking can occur or how the sol is distributed. Appropriate modifications that are called for in the model in investigating more complex situations are also indicated in the paper. |
