... increasing understanding of the mechanistic and, subsequently, kinetic theories. Among these, the Harkins and Smith–Ewart theories are the most prominent and important. The Harkins theory hasalready ... appeared, by Kolthoff and Dale (Kolthoff and Dale, 1945) and Price and Adams (Price and Adams, 1945), on the influence of catalyst concentrationon the initial rate of poly merisation; and Montroll ... dilute molecular solution of the monomer at the beginning and a dilute molecu-lar solution of the various species of the polymer at the conclusion of the reaction.A number of recent papers (see...