Macromolecular effects in radical polymerization

Abstract

Data on the dependence of the composition of the copolymer on its MM and the influence of the nature of the solvent on the rate of radical polymerization of water-soluble monomers and the MM of the polymers formed not allowed for by the classical theory of radical polymerization are discussed. It is shown that for all the apparent difference the effects observed in the two cases may be explained in terms of change of the characteristic of the macromolecular coil in which the polymerization reaction takes place.