carothers equation

However for step-growth polymerization the Carothers equation can be used to substitute and rearrange this formula into the following.

Related to the Carothers equation are the following equations (for the simplest case of linear polymers formed from two monomers in equimolar quantities):

Carothers developed a series of mathematic equations to describe the behavior of step-growth polymerization systems which are still known as the Carothers equations today.

In step-growth polymerization, the Carothers equation (or Carothers' equation) gives the degree of polymerization, X, for a given fractional monomer conversion, p.

Carothers worked out the theory of step-growth polymerization and derived the Carothers equation which relates the average degree of polymerization to the fractional conversion (or yield) of monomer into polymer.