Impact of flow regime on polydispersity in tubular RAFT miniemulsion polymerization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1566-1576

  Russum, James P ^a   Jones, Christopher W ^a   Schork, F Joseph ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial dispersion; Controlled living polymerization; Miniemulsion; Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT); Tubular reactor

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISPERSIONS; CONTROLLED/LIVING POLYMERIZATION; MINIEMULSIONS; REVERSIBLE ADDITION FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER (RAFT); TUBULAR REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; NITROGEN; POLYMERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WALL FLOW;

EMULSIONS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; EMULSIONS; NITROGEN; POLYMERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WALL FLOW;

EID: 33645678575     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10730     Document Type: Article

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