ABSTRACT
While the mechanism of copolymerization is similar to that discussed for the polymerization of one reactant (homopolymerization), the relativities of monomers may differ when more than one is present in the feed, i.e., reaction mixture. Copolymers may be produced by step reaction or by chain reaction polymerization. It is important to note that if the reactant species are M1 and M2, then the composition of the copolymer is not a physical mixture or blend, though the topic of blends will be dealt with in this chapter.
