Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.34, No.2, 157-162, 1996
Relative Reactivities in Vinyl Copolymerization
From data in tire literature on relative rates of copolymerization it has been possible to evaluate two constants, Q and e, characteristic of an individual monomer, which appear to account satisfactorily for its behavior in copolymerization, The constant Q describes the "general monomer reactivity" and is apparently related to possibilities for stabilization in a radical adduct. The constant e labs account of polar factors influencing copolymerization.