Chemical kinetics are an integral part of chemical engineering and physical chemistry instruction in relating the importance of rate in chemical processes. Likewise, kinetics of polymerization reactions are key in understanding ultimate conversion, molecular weight evolution, and network formation. This presentation will focus on presentation of chain and step growth polymerization mechanisms and kinetics, and particularly how the kinetics influence ultimate properties and can be integrated into chemical reaction design. Specific examples detailing the impact of segregation in liquid crystalline systems to illustrate the impact of concentration of kinetics will also be discussed.

Integration of polymerization kinetics in polymer, physical chemistry, and chemical engineering courses

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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