PREDICTION OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 
OF NETWORK POLYMERS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF FRACTAL MODELS

A. I. Burya,a G. V. Kozlov,a and G. E. Zaikovb 

UDC 669.017

A fractal model enabling one to predict the parameters of the 
supermolecular structure of network polymers based on the cross-link 
density has been proposed. A cluster model of the amorphous state 
of polymers has been employed for quantitative description. Good 
agreement between theory and experiment has been obtained.

aState Agrarian University, 25 Voroshilov Str., Dnepropetrovsk, 
49027, Ukraine; email: university_burya@pisem.net; 
bInstitute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 
Moscow, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, 
Vol. 77, No. 1, pp. 105-108, January-February, 2004. Original 
article submitted January 20, 2003; revision submitted June 
5, 2003.