Kinetics of the nonstationary photopolymerization of diacrylates

The kinetics of non-stationary photopolymerization (post-polymeryzation) of some diacrylates at the wide range of initial conversions was investigated. All kinetic curves has two regions: quick and short, slow and long. Experimental results were compared with the kinetic model of the photoinitial three-dimensional photopolymerization. It was determined that kinetic model allows us to describe the process of the post-polymerization in the whole range of conversions. The rate constants of the linear break of the primary and secondary chains in the interphase layer were estimated. The increasing rate constants in the interphase are the similar for investigated diacrylates and do not depend on the glicol chain. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 83: 1892–1895, 2002