Kinetics of vinyl polymerization initiated by ceric ion in aqueous solution

Abstract A systematic kinetic study of the thermal polymerization of methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, and acrylonitrile initiated by ceric ion in aqueous perchloric, nitric, and sulfuric acid solutions, has been made. The polymerization experiments were conducted in the dark at 35°C. under conditions of negligible oxidation of water by ceric ion. The polymerization was found to proceed without an induction period, and the steady‐state …