0 20 40 60 80 100

WT. % CONVERSION

Figure 3.7. Composition of styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer formed at

different conversions.

as the conversion approaches 100 per cent the chains being

formed contain nearly 100 per cent styrene. If an 89:11 mix-

ture is used the initial copolymer contains less than 89 per cent

styrene; again as 100 per cent conversion is approached the

chains being formed contain nearly 100 per cent styrene.

Other mixtures (e.g. 51:49 and 25:75) give a similar result.

Thus a family of curves is obtained in which the first copoly-

mer chains formed always contain less styrene than the initial

monomer mixture, while the last polymer chains formed con-

tain essentially all styrene.

The copolymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile gives a

different family of curves. A mixture containing a 76:24 ratio

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