Summary
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It is shown that styrene and α-methylstyrene can be polymerized in the solid (frozen) state.
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The rate of polymerization depends on the area of contact of the surface of solid monomer with gaseous BF3 and on the pressure of the BF3.
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Cationic polymerization and related complexes, Edited by P. H. Plesch, (Cambridge, 1953), p. 99.
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Andreeva, I.V., Koton, M.M. Polymerization of α-methylstyrene in the solid (frozen) state. Russ Chem Bull 8, 525–526 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00917714
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00917714