Mathematical modeling of acrylonitrile-butadiene emulsion copolymerization: Model development and validation

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 747-769

  Washington, I D ^a   Duever, T A ^a   Penlidis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

acrylonitrile butadiene; batch continuous reactors; continuous reactor train; Dynamic modeling; emulsion copolymerization; nitrile butadiene rubber

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; BATCH OPERATION; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; DYNAMIC MODELING; EMULSION COPOLYMERIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LITERATURE DATA; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; MONOMER CONVERSIONS; NITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER; POLYMER LATEX PARTICLES; SIMULATION PROFILES; TRAIN DYNAMICS; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BATCH REACTORS; BUTADIENE; COPOLYMERIZATION; CYANIDES; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LOCOMOTIVES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RAILROAD CARS; RUBBER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77954334332     PISSN: 10601325     EISSN: 15205738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2010.491436     Document Type: Article

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