Additional Homework Problems

CDP9-QB

Rework Example R9-3 from section 1 of the Professional Reference Shelf for the case when the initiator does not react immediately with monomer to form the radical (i.e., R1), but instead reacts at a finite rate with a specific reaction rate k0:

The rate law is

The initiator concentration at time at t=0 is I0.
(a)  Derive an equation for Rj as a function of .
(b)  For M0= 3 mol/dm3, I0= 10-3 mol/dm3, k0= 0.1 dm3/mol*s, kp= 10 dm3/mol*s. Plot R8 and P8 as a function of real time t.