Synthesis of cationic flocculants in continuous reactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 753-759

  González, Gemma ^a   de la Cal, José C ^a   Asua, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

2 (Acryloyloxy)ethyl trimethylammonium chloride; Acrylamide; Cationic flocculant; Continuous reactors; Inverse microemulsion polymerization; Molecular structure

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDES; CATIONIC FLOCCULANT; CONTINUOUS REACTORS; INVERSE MICRO EMULSION; INVERSE MICROEMULSION POLYMERIZATION; POLYMER CHAINS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLOCCULATION; MICROEMULSIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77955273583     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.05.066     Document Type: Article

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