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The mathematical model involves initiation, propagation, termination
and chain transfer reactions. It was assumed that rate constants are independent
of the polymer chain length. The critical polymer chain length i0 was determined
in order to evaluate the amount of the insoluble polymer component V(i0,t). It
has been shown that the model predicts the effect of autoacceleration on
the formation of the insoluble polymer component. In order to demonstrate
the applicability of the mathematical model for description of dispersion
radical polymerization, the evolution of the size distribution of growing
polystyrene particles has been measured with the Scanning
Flow Cytometer
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