Preparation and characterization of expandable St/MMA copolymers produced by suspension polymerization

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-224

  Jalili, K ^a   Abbasi, F ^a   Nasiri, M ^a   Ghasemi, M ^a   Haddadi, E ^b  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Technical Higher Education Center of Tabriz   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blowing agent; Particle size distribution; Styrene methyl methacrylate; Suspension copolymerization.

Indexed keywords

AGITATION RATES; AQUEOUS MEDIAS; AQUEOUS PHASE; BATCH POLYMERIZATIONS; BEAD SIZES; COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FINE PARTICLES; HIGH PRESSURES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INITIATOR CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL METHACRYLATES; MICRON SIZES; MONOFUNCTIONAL INITIATORS; MONOMER CONVERSIONS; N PENTANES; POLYDISPERSITY INDEXES; POLYMER BEADS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; SPHERICAL SHAPES; STIRRED REACTORS; STYRENE/METHYL METHACRYLATE; SUSPENDING AGENTS; SUSPENSION COPOLYMERIZATION.; SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATIONS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AIR EJECTORS; BLOWING AGENTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; EMULSIFICATION; ESTERS; FREE RADICALS; PARAFFINS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STYRENE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TAGUCHI METHODS;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 65349186532     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X08101272     Document Type: Article

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