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Abstract
This paper presents a kinetic study of the copolymerization of acrylonitrile (AN, M2) with allyl alcohol (AOH, M2) in zinc chloride aqueous solution. The monomer reactivity ratios, r1 and r2, determined by application of the Lewis-Mayo equation to the system, are 1.60 and 0.01, respectively. The observed value of copolymer composition agrees well with one calculated by use of computer up to higher conversion. This means that the Lewis-Mayo equation may be applicable to the present system. The possibility of homopolymerization of AOH, confirmed empirically, is also sustained by numerical calculation.