ISSN:
0959-8103
Keywords:
butyl acrylate
;
methyl methacrylate
;
vinyl acetate
;
pilot plant reactor
;
emulsion polymerization
;
kinetics
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
A systematic study of the terpolymerization of butyl acrylate/methyl methacrylate/vinyl acetate (BA/MMA/VAc) is being conducted. In this third stage of the study,Parts 1 and 2: Dubé, M. A. & Penlidis, A., Polymer, 36 (1995) 587. Dubé, M. A. & Penlidis, A., Macromol. Chem. Phys., 196 (1995) 1101. emulsion homopolymerizations and copolymerizations of the monomers comprising the BA/MMA/VAc system were performed in a 5 litre stainless steel pilot plant reactor, mainly for troubleshooting purposes and as a precursor to the detailed terpolymerization experiments to follow.First, a search for a stable emulsion recipe was conducted. At the same time, experimental procedures were established for the 5 litre pilot plant reactor along with product characterization techniques. Finally, selective emulsion homopolymerizations and copolymerizations were run for each of the three monomers and each combination of the three monomers, respectively. The polymers produced were characterized for conversion, composition, molecular weight and particle size.Although the emphasis of the experiments was to establish recipes, techniques, and procedures for emulsions terpolymerization, several useful observations were made regarding the kinetics even from these troubleshooting experiments.
Additional Material:
17 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pi.1995.210370401
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