ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
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:
The self-step growth polymerization of RAf monomers in homogeneous, continuous flow stirred tank reactors (HCSTRs) is simulated under conditions of periodic feed concentration (with frequency ω and amplitude α). By having periodic operation, the polydispersity index of the polymer is found to increase by about 35% over the values at steady state. Periodic operation of HCSTRs is found to lead to gelation only for certain values of the frequency and the dimensionless residence time τ*. Gelling envelopes have been obtained to give conditions under which HCSTRs should be operated. These envelopes can be described in terms of two critical dimensionless residence times, τc,1* and τc,2* such that nongelling operation is always ensured when τ* 〈 τc,1*. For τ* 〉 τc,2*, periodic operation always leads to gelation, and HCSTRs cannot be used. For τc,1* 〈 τ* 〈 τc,2*, the gelling behavior is found to depend on the functionality f, amplitude α, and the dimensionless residence time τ*.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1985.070300209
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