Nonthermal model for thermal frontal polymerization of metal-containing monomers

A new general concept of mathematical modeling of complex multistep reactions accompanied by a substantially nonuniform thermal pattern is formulated. The concept primarily focuses on the chemical kinetics of the occurring transformations. Within its framework, a mathematical model for the thermal frontal polymerization of metal-containing monomers is constructed on the basis of the simplest chemical-kinetic scheme. The possibilities of this model are demonstrated using a numerical calculation and are compared to those of the known models.