Fig. 5.

Simulated kinetics of amorphous aggregate formation in the bulk liquid phase defined according to Eqn. Set 5 described in terms of the total mass concentration of amorphous aggregate, $C_{M{\left(I\right)}_B}$ (solid line – left axis) and the average degree of polymerization of amorphous aggregate in the bulk phase, $⟨i_{{\left(I\right)}_B}⟩$ (dotted line – right axis). a Effect of variation in $k_{n{\left(I\right)}_B}$the bulk phase nucleation rate constant (units M⁻¹s⁻¹): Thin line - $k_{n{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^{-2}$, Medium line - $k_{n{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^{-1}$; Thick line - $k_{n{\left(I\right)}_B}=1$. b Effect of variation in $k_{g{\left(I\right)}_B}$the bulk phase growth rate constant (units M⁻¹s⁻¹): Thin line - $k_{g{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^4$, Medium line - $k_{g{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^5$; Thick line - $k_{g{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^6$. c Effect of variation in $k_{S°{\left(I\right)}_B}$the bulk phase scission rate constant (units s⁻¹): Thin line - $k_{S°{\left(I\right)}_B}=0.01$, Medium line - $k_{S°{\left(I\right)}_B}=0.1$; Thick line - $k_{S°{\left(I\right)}_B}=1$. d Effect of variation in $k_{j{\left(I\right)}_B}$ the bulk phase amorphous aggregate joining rate constant (units M⁻¹s⁻¹): Thin line - $k_{j{\left(I\right)}_B}=10$, Medium line - $k_{j{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^3$; Thick line - $k_{j{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^4$. When not specifically varied all other rate constants set as follows [$k_{n{\left(I\right)}_B}=0.1M^{-1}{s}^{-1}$; $k_{g{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^5{M}^{-1}{s}^{-1}$;$k_{S°{\left(I\right)}_B}=0.1s^{-1}$; $k_{J{\left(I\right)}_B}=1\times 10^3{M}^{-1}{s}^{-1}$]. The nucleus size is set at n = 2. (Translated and reprinted with full permission from Hirota and Hall (2019), CMC Publishing Corporation)