Improvement of indirect ultrasonic irradiation method for intensification of emulsion polymerization process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 43-48

  Kobayashi, Daisuke ^a   Matsumoto, Hideyuki ^a   Kuroda, Chiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degradation of a polymer; Emulsification; Frequency; Indirect ultrasonic irradiation; Molecular weight; Polymerization process; Polystyrene; Position of a reactor; Processing; Radical generation

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES;

INDIRECT ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; RADICAL GENERATION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EMULSIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES; PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 36049036214     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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