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Network formation by chain polymerization is an intrinsically inhomo-geneous process. The Kinetic Gelation Model has been shown to produce such inhomogeneities in a natural way. These results are extended in several ways. The chance of radical trapping and of cage recombination is calculated and the effect of chain stiffness on the extent of crosslinking is determined. Moreover, the extent of crosslinking of material formed during a specific conversion interval is discussed in connection with recent neutron scattering experiments by Sperling and co-workers.
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Boots, H.M.J. (1988). A Model for Inhomogeneous Network Formation by Chain-Reaction Polymerization. In: Kramer, O. (eds) Biological and Synthetic Polymer Networks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1343-1_17
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