
%0 Journal Article
%A Johnson, CHJ 
%A Moad, G 
%A Solomon, DH 
%A Spurling, TH 
%T Kinetic Simulation of Polymerization Involving Termination by Reversible Chain Transfer
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1986/12/01
%V 39
%N 12
%P 1943-1950
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9861943
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9861943 
%X Numerical integration has been used as a means of simulating the title polymerization so that the variation of molecular weight and molecular weight distribution with reaction time (conversion) can be evaluated. The time/conversion dependence of the polydispersity (R) has been evaluated as a function of the relative magnitude of the rate constants associated with the initiation/termination equilibria . It is shown that the short term behaviour of R and the rate of approach to the value (R = 4/3) predicted by the steady state treatment have a marked dependence on the choice of rate constants. 
