Modeling copolymerization of styrene and acrylic acid via the free-radical retrograde-precipitation polymerization (FRRPP) process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3568-3581

  Zhao, Yi ^a   Dar, Yadunandan L ^a,b   Caneba, Gerard T ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b Imperial Chemical Industries plc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; AMPHIPHILIC MATERIALS; BALANCE EQUATIONS; CHAIN POLYMERIZATION; DIFFUSIVITIES; FREE RADICALS; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; MO LECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; PENULTIMATE MODELS; POLYMERIZATION KINETICS; POLYMERIZATION MECHANISMS; PRECIPITATION POLYMERIZATIONS; REACTION RATE COEFFICIENTS; REACTIVITY RATIOS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION RATES; SEPARATION; STYRENE;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 49049087729     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0712176     Document Type: Article

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