Modelling of the glass transition temperature of free radical copolymers: An approach for control purposes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2241-2256

  Fevotte G ^a   McKenna, T F ^b   Santos, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UMR 5265   (France)

Author keywords

Composition control; DSC; Emulsion copolymers; Glass transition; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; COPOLYMERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES; PROCESS CONTROL; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPOSITION CONTROL; POLYBUTYL ACRYLATE;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0344541946     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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