Evaluation of molecular weight averages resulting from random crosslinking and chain scission processes for wide schulz‐zimm distributions

The Monte Carlo sampling technique was used to evaluate the resulting molecular weight averages and the intrinsic viscosity for wide Schulz‐Zimm distribution polymers, in the range P̄w/P̄n ≦ 11, undergoing random chain scission and crosslinking processes. The results may also be used to evaluate the initial distribution and are generally more reliable than the use of fractionation data.