Research Article

Modeling of the Penultimate Unit Effect in Chain-Growth Copolymerizations

Table 2

Model parameters used for simulation of vinyl acetate/acrylic acid system.

ParameterUnitReference

g/cm3[48]
g/cm3[45]
g/cm3[48]
g/cm3[49]
g/cm3[50]
L/(mol·s)[48]
L/(mol·s)[48]
L/(mol·s)In this work
L/(mol·s)In this work
s-1[51]
[48]

Subscript 1 is reserved for vinyl acetate, and subscript 2 is for acrylic acid. Subscripts 3 and 4 for the homopolymers based on vinyl acetate and acrylic acid, respectively.