At the cases of bis (β·Ehydroxyethy1) terephthalate only and coexistence with a small amount of ethylene glycol, we determined the condensation reaction rate of the sample through analysis of ethylene glycol resulting from the self-condensation reaction. From the results of these experiments, we obtained unity for the equilibrium constant, same as the report 1. On the conditions of relative lower temperatures and earlier stages of the condensation reaction, considerably good agreement for reversible bimolecular rate equation is given. But in relative higher temperatures, harf ester of ethylene glycol was unstable and the existence of carboxyl and aldehyde groups has been confirmed. We discussed the relations between activation energy and
G, this concerned to the concentration of polar groups in the reaction systems.
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