%0 Journal Article %A Mehdi Salami-Kalajahi and Pejman Ganjeh-Anzabi and Vahid Haddadi-Asl and Mohammad Najafi %D 2010 %J International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 44, 2010 %T Universal Kinetic Modeling of RAFT Polymerization using Moment Equations %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6272 %V 44 %X In the following text, we show that by introducing universal kinetic scheme, the origin of rate retardation and inhibition period which observed in dithiobenzoate-mediated RAFT polymerization can be described properly. We develop our model by utilizing the method of moments, then we apply our model to different monomer/RAFT agent systems, both homo- and copolymerization. The modeling results are in an excellent agreement with experiments and imply the validity of universal kinetic scheme, not only for dithiobenzoate-mediated systems, but also for different types of monomer/RAFT agent ones. %P 478 - 486