Kinetic Study of the Thermopolymerization of Furfuryl Methacrylate in Bulk by Mathematical Modeling. Part A: Simulation of Experimental Data and Sensitivity Analysis of Kinetic Parameters

摘要

Mathematical modeling of the thermopolymerization of FM and CMFMA was carried out usinguda cross-linked kinetic model proposed for the photo-initiated polymerization of acryl-furanicudcompounds. In this model, the photochemical initiation step was substituted by a thermal oneudand it was assumed that the constant of radical terminationudwas time-dependent, which allowed the gel effect (Trommsdorff)udat high monomer conversion to be simulated. Optimizationudof all kinetic constants was achieved and the resultsudof simulation suitably fitted the experimental data of theudmonomer conversion. The contribution of each step in theudmechanism and its dependence on the experimental conditionsudwere estimated by a sensitivity analysis technique