Abstract
Conversion and molecular weight distribution are computed and compared for uncatalyzed and catalyzed nonequimolecular polycondensation in continuous flow-stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) using two different kinetic schemes proposed by Flory and Lin, respectively. The contrast between the two schemes is also remarkable as found in the batch reactors. The polydispersity indices in the CSTRs are substantially larger than those obtained in the batch reactors. Also, the molecular weight distribution splits into two curves for odd and even homologues regardless of the two different schemes. An extremely long rersidence time is needed to obtain the higher conversion accompanying a large polydispersity index as compared to the batch reactors. The polydispersity can be expressed in CSTR as x̄w/x̄n = 2 Σn2Nn(R+1−2P)/(1+R)2[A]0.
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