Kinetics and modeling of free-radical batch polymerization of nonionized methacrylic acid in aqueous solution

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 8197-8204

  Buback, Michael ^a   Hesse, Pascal ^a   Hutchinson, Robin A ^b   Kasák, Peter ^c   Lacík, Igor ^c   Stach, Marek ^c   Utz, Inga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLUTIONS;

AND MODELING; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BATCH POLYMERIZATIONS; CHAIN TRANSFER TO MONOMERS; INITIAL WEIGHTS; METHACRYLIC ACIDS; MONOMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; POLYMERIZATION MODELS; PROPAGATION RATE COEFFICIENTS; RADICAL POLYMERIZATIONS; REACTION DIFFUSIONS; TERMINATION RATE COEFFICIENTS; TRANSFER RATES; TRANSLATIONAL DIFFUSIONS;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 56749138448     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800887v     Document Type: Article

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