Modeling of the atom transfer radical copolymerization processes of methyl methacrylate and 2-(trimethylsilyl) ethyl methacrylate under batch, semibatch, and continuous feeding: A chemical reactor engineering viewpoint

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 11873-11883

  Wang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Yin Ning ^a   Luo, Zheng Hong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BATCH REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; ESTERS; EXPERIMENTS; FEEDING; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL COPOLYMERIZATION; CHEMICAL REACTOR ENGINEERING; CONTINUOUS FEEDING; ETHYL METHACRYLATES; KINETIC MODELING; METHYL METHACRYLATES; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; SEMI-BATCH PROCESS;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84905259529     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie501467g     Document Type: Article

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