Aggregation of concentrated polymer latex in stirred vessels

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2742-2756

  Vaccaro, Andrea ^a   Šefčik, Ján ^a   Wu, Hua ^a   Morbidelli, Massimo ^a   Bobet, Josselin ^b   Fringant, Christophe ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Solvin France SA   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Coagulator; Gelation; Mesomixing; Micromixing; Polymer latex

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COAGULATION; GELATION; GELS; MIXING; VOLUME FRACTION;

COAGULATORS; MESOMIXING; MICROMIXING; POLYMER LATEX;

POLYMERS;

AGGLOMERATION; COAGULATION; GELATION; GELS; MIXING; POLYMERS; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 33746921661     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10843     Document Type: Article

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