Molecular weight control in a starved emulsion polymerization of styrene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3582-3591

  Salazar, Annia ^a   Gugliotta, Luis M ^a   Vega, Jorge R ^a   Meira, Gregorio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS;

DOCECYL MERCAPTANS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0032165128     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980009y     Document Type: Article

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