Kinetics of the precipitation polymerization of acrylic acid in supercritical carbon dioxide: The locus of polymerization

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3129-3139

  Liu, Tao ^a   DeSimone, Joseph M ^a,b   Roberts, George W ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrylic acid; Kinetics; Modeling; Multiphase reactions; Polymerization; Supercritical fluid

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; VISCOSITY;

ACRYLIC ACID; KINETICS; MODELING; MULTIPHASE REACTIONS;

POLYMERIZATION;

ACRYLICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33644982155     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.11.052     Document Type: Article

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