Initiator systems effect on particle coagulation and particle size distribution in one-step emulsion polymerization of styrene

Polymers

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Baijun ^a   Wang, Yajun ^a   Zhang, Mingyao ^a   Zhang, Huixuan ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Emulsion polymerization; Initiator; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INITIATORS (EXPLOSIVES); LATEXES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STYRENE;

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; ELECTROSTATIC STABILITY; ONE-STEP POLYMERIZATION; PARTICLE COAGULATION; POLYMER LATEX PARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION RATES; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATION;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84960123514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym8020055     Document Type: Article

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