Use of chain length distributions in determining chain transfer constants and termination mechanisms

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7727-7733

  Moad, Graeme ^a   Moad, Catherine L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; REACTION KINETICS;

SIMULATED CHAIN DISTRIBUTIONS;

MACROMOLECULES;

EID: 0030290804     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma960851k     Document Type: Article

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