Control of the copolymer composition in suspension copolymerization reactions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7312-7323

  Silva, Fabricio Machado ^a   Lima, Enrique Luis ^a   Pinto, José Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACRYLIC ACID (AA); COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; SUSPENSION COPOLYMERIZATION; VINYL ACETATE (VA);

REACTION KINETICS;

ACRYLIC ACID; MONOMER; VINYL ACETATE;

POLYMERIZATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOREACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; SIMULATION; SUSPENSION;

EID: 8344258083     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034267t     Document Type: Conference Paper

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