Chain-growth kinetics#

Free-radical initiation/propagation/termination kinetics, built on chemistrykit.kinetics’s reaction-network engine and integrated numerically, checked against the closed-form steady-state approximation. Also combination vs. disproportionation termination, and the factor-of-two difference in degree of polymerization it produces for the same kinetic chain length.

Also the Mayo-Lewis copolymer equation and the Poisson distribution of Szwarc’s living polymerization.