Abstract
To date it has been a well-known fact that the Smith and Ewart theory does not apply to the emulsion polymerization of highly water-soluble monomers such as vinyl acetate and vinyl chloride. Therefore, many experimental and theoretical investigations have been performed during the past decade to understand and explain the mechanism of the emulsion polymerization of such monomers. Recently, Ugelstad et al. (1) (2) have succeeded in explaining the kinetics of the emulsion polymerization of vinyl chloride introducing the mechanism of rapid radical desorption and reabsorption in the polymer particles, while the authors (3) (4) have developed a theoretical expression for the rate coefficient of radical escape process from the polymer particles assuming that the majority of escaping radicals is a monomeric one, and successfully explained the role of polymer particles in the emulsion polymerization of a wide variety of monomers including, of course, vinyl acetate and vinyl chloride. Recently,
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