Mathematical Modeling of Emulsion Copolymerization Reactors: Experimental Validation and Application to Complex Systems

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1322-1336

  Saldívar, Enrique ^a   Ray, W Harmon ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; STYRENE;

EMULSION COPOLYMERIZATION;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0031118176     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960464z     Document Type: Article

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