Radiation copolymerization in the methylmetacrylate + bis(metacryloxyethylenecarbonate) diethyleneglycol system

Additions of 1 to 20% bis(metacryloxyethylenecarbonate)diethyleneglycol (OCM-2) into the OCM-2+methylmetacrylate system result in enhancement of the polymerization rate; the gel-effect point is shifted to the region of lower transformation rates and the reaction starts with the gel-effect stage at the OCM-2 content equal to 20-30%. The increase in the process rate is related to suppression of bimolecular breakage of growing polymer chains as a result of steric isolation of a growing active center