ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The appearance of pseudo-steady states in semicontinuous emulsion copolymerization is studied. Different correlations between the monomer feed rate and the polymerization reaction rate proposed in the literature for homopolymerization systems can be derived from a unified view as presented in this work. The theoretical analysis for copolymerization systems predicts that the individual consumption rates of both monomers involved assume a constant value if the monomer addition rates are kept constant. Different cases for either fixed radical concentration or seeded polymerization with water-soluble or sparingly water-soluble monomers are considered. The assumptions and results of the analysis are tested against experimental data from the seeded copolymerization of vinyl acetate/n-butyl acrylate.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1990.070400533
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