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The Mayo–Lewis equation or copolymer equation in polymer chemistry describes the distribution of monomers in a copolymer:〔''Copolymerization. I. A Basis for Comparing the Behavior of Monomers in Copolymerization; The Copolymerization of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate'' Frank R. Mayo and Frederick M. Lewis J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 1944; 66(9) pp 1594 - 1601; 〕 It is named for Frank R. Mayo and Frederick M. Lewis. Taking into consideration a monomer mix of two components and and the four different reactions that can take place at the reactive chain end terminating in either monomer () with their reaction rate constants : : : and with reactivity ratios defined as: : : the copolymer equation is given as: : with the concentration of the components given in square brackets. The equation gives the copolymer composition at any instant during the polymerization. ==Limiting cases== From this equation several special cases can be derived: * with both reactivity ratios very high the two monomers have no inclination to react to each other except with themselves leading to a mixture of two homopolymers. * with both ratios larger than 1, homopolymerization of component M_1 is favored but in the event of a crosspolymerization by M_2 the chain-end will continue as such giving rise to block copolymer * with both ratios around 1, monomer 1 will react as fast with another monomer 1 or monomer 2 and a random copolymer results. * with both values approaching 0 the monomers are unable to react in homopolymerization and the result is an alternating polymer * In the initial stage of the copolymerization monomer 1 is incorporated faster and the copolymer is rich in monomer 1. When this monomer gets depleted, more monomer 2 segments are added. This is called composition drift. An example is maleic anhydride and stilbene, with reactivity ratio: * Maleic anhydride ( = 0.08) & cis-stilbene ( = 0.07) * Maleic anhydride ( = 0.03) & trans-stilbene ( = 0.03) Neither of these compounds homopolymerize and instead they react together to give exclusively alternating copolymer. Another form of the equation is: where stands the mole fraction of each monomer in the copolymer: and the mole fraction of each monomer in the feed: When the copolymer composition has the same composition as the feed, this composition is called the ''azeotrope''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mayo–Lewis equation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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