Aqueous free radical polymerizations of methyl methacrylate with the hydrogen bentonite/ethanol system have been accomplished with less transfer to monomer in spite of high monomer concentrations and temperature. The overall initial rate has a first-order dependence on monomer. It is proposed that initiation does not occur in the aqueous phase. The apparent activation energy of 15 kcal/mol corroborates a twofold increase in rate for a 10°C rise in temperature. The frequency of bimolecular termination is quite small as is evident from kp 2 /kt, values at various temperatures.
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