Emulsion polymerisation in a pulsed packed column stability, reactor performance and scale-up

Polymer Reaction Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-230

  Meuldijk, J ^a   German, A L ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MIXING; MONOMERS; OSCILLATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY;

BATCH PROCESSES; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTORS; PULSATION VELOCITY; PULSED PACKED COLUMN; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; VINYL ACETATE;

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0032653942     PISSN: 10543414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543414.1999.10744508     Document Type: Article

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