CROSS-LINKING OF POLYMERS WITH A PRIMARY SIZE DISTRIBUTION

A univariate Stockmayer distribution has been obtained for the condensation of polymer chains with an initial size distribution. The technique involves the use of the theory of cascade processes. The final molecular size distribution is shown to be a compound distribution. The expression for weight average size is in agreement with Stockmayer. Initial weight average and distribution can be recovered from this distribution. In the special case of the compound Borel-Poisson distribution, multimodality can be detected. © 1979, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.