Controllable preparation of poly(butyl acrylate) by suspension polymerization in a coaxial capillary microreactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 11853-11862

  Liu, Zhendong ^a   Lu, Yangcheng ^a   Yang, Bodong ^a   Luo, Guangsheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; COAXIAL CAPILLARIES; HEAT ACCUMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MICRO-REACTOR; MONODISPERSED DROPLET; MONOMER SOLUTIONS; OIL BATHS; POLY(BUTYL ACRYLATE); POLYDISPERSITY INDICES; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION RESULT; SMALL DROPLETS; STIRRED VESSELS; SUBMILLIMETERS; SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; FREE RADICALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMERS;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 80055027636     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201497b     Document Type: Article

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