Polymerization of styrene withn‐butyllithium in a batch reactor. A mathematical model

摘要

AbstractSytrene was polymerized in a 0.8‐liter vessel which was operated as an isothermal and a nonisothermal batch reactor. Styrene and n‐butyllithium conversions were determined for different reaction times. Rate equations were developed by use of the isothermal data and then used to estimate the conversions for the nonisothermal experiments. The importance of using nonisothermal data in the development of rate equations is illustra