EFFECT OF GAMMA RADIATION ON CHEMICAL REACTIONS. Ⅲ Preliminary Investigation of Vapor-Phase Polymerization of Ethylene at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure—Progress Report No. 3, 2nd Quarter, 1952

摘要

A preliminary investigation of the gamma initiated polymerization of ethylene at atmospheric pressure and room temperature has-been made. In several runs, the rate of decrease of the total pressure of the gas samples being irradiated was measured, the residual gas was analyzed for hydrogen and saturated hydrocarbons, and the characteristics of the re suiting polymer were observed.nThe observed rates of pressure decrease can be represented by first order rate constants of the order of magnitude of 0.01 per day.