ABSTRACT
In such a straight tube reactor, it is clear that the activation of monomer, or the creation of polymerizable species, occurs at the tip of glow where the incoming monomer molecules interact with the luminous gas phase. Thus, the opening of double bond and detachment of F occur at this point, and the further reaction of the free radicals, the species created by the detachment of F, and the detached F’s with gas phase species occurs while all gaseous species are moving toward the downstream side of the reactor. Under such a one directional flow conditions, particularly with monomer that contain –CF3, the analysis based on the formation of –CF3 from monomers that do not contain –CF3 might become the focal point of discrepancy.
