Question: Given the sequence of reactions below for a radical polymerization 1kd2R.R+MkiM1.Mr+MkpMn+1Mi+Mrktdeadpolymer and starting from the following expression: dtd[M]=Ri+Rp derive the overall kinetic rate expression (Rp)

 Given the sequence of reactions below for a radical polymerization 1kd2R.R+MkiM1.Mr+MkpMn+1Mi+Mrktdeadpolymer

Given the sequence of reactions below for a radical polymerization 1kd2R.R+MkiM1.Mr+MkpMn+1Mi+Mrktdeadpolymer and starting from the following expression: dtd[M]=Ri+Rp "derive" the overall kinetic rate expression (Rp) for a polymerization initiated by thermal homolysis of an initiator

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