Transient behavior and gelation of free radical polymerizations in continuous stirred tank reactors

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-255

  Dias, Rolando C S ^a   Costa, Mário Rui P F N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Continuous stirred tank reactors; Free radical polymerizations; Gel; Generating functions; Numerical inversion; Terminal branching; Transfer to polymer

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FREE RADICALS; GELS; MONOMERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTORS (CSTR); GENERATING FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL INVERSION; TERMINAL BRANCHING; TRANSFER TO POLYMERS;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 20444445528     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.200400086     Document Type: Article

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