I think though, that for a give mass of polymer, there is critical mass of solvent that must be present so that the entire polymer molecule can be covered, otherwise, in the places where there was no water, the polymer would bind to itself just the same as a precipitated polymer. It is readibly soluble in cold water, and is slightly soluble in organic compounds because of its polarity. It undergoes reactions characteristic of the amide group. Copolymers which incorporate acrylamide increase the dry strength of paper. Most thermoset acrylics are prepared by solution polymerization.
Solvents used include butanol and xylene.
The part about the temperature increase assumes that increasing the temperature has a greater increase on the rate of initiator decomposition that the the rate of the polymer propogation step. Applications of thermoset acrylics range from very flexible coatings needed for strip metal to the hard chemical resistance needed for domestic appliances. In the above, ethylene is oxidized to acetaldehyde with aqueous palladium chloride. This reaction is carried out as a liquid phase at a temperature of 100 deg C and a pressure of 1 to 3 atm. Before shipment, the monomer is usually inhibited by cupric acetate or hydroquinone.