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Initiation of methyl methacrylate polymerization by 9,10-dioxyanthracene

M. Lazár, J. Pavlinec, and S. Markuš

Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 809 34 Bratislava

Abstract:  The initiation efficiency of 9,10-dioxyanthracene is very low in methyl methacrylate polymerization at temperatures between 100 and 140°C. This is explained by a high portion of induced decomposition of anthracene peroxide. Less than 1% of radicals participates in the initiation of polymerization. Initiations by benzoyl peroxide and 9,10-dioxyanthracene proceeding simultaneously lead to a high polymerization rate and the possibility of limiting the gel effect

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Chemical Papers 33 (1) 89–94 (1979)