Abstract
AbstractThe effect of solvent on the termination rate constant Kt, in the initial stages of free radical polymerizations has been estimated by considering its effect on the viscosity of the medium and on the overall dimensions of the macroradicals. The expression derived predicts that Kt is inversely proportional to the viscosity of the reaction medium, η0, and that Kt, increases as the overall dimensions of the radicals decrease in poorer solvents. The effect of solvent on the η0Kt, product depends on the average size and concentration of polymer in the system. For relatively high concentrations of high‐molecular‐weight polymers η0Kt can be greater in a better solvent than in a poorer solvent. This trend would be reversed for low concentrations and/or low polymer molecular weights. Good agreement has been found between experimental and estimated values of η0Kt.
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