Mechanisms in the solvent cleaning of emulsion polymerization reactor surfaces

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4605-4616

  Chew, John Y M ^a   Tonneijk, Sjef J ^b   Paterson, William R ^a   Wilson, D Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NeoResins   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPOLYMERS; DISSOLUTION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYSTYRENES; REACTION KINETICS; SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SWELLING;

DEPOSITION SEQUENCES; FLUID DYNAMIC GAUGING (FDG); POLYSTYRENE COPOLYMERS; SOLVENT CLEANING;

SURFACE CLEANING;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 22544474991     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050105g     Document Type: Article

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