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Modeling of “living” free‐radical polymerization processes. II. Tubular reactors
Author(s) -
Zhang Min,
Ray W. Harmon
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.11052
Subject(s) - radical polymerization , polymer , polymerization , polymer chemistry , copolymer , living free radical polymerization , materials science , living polymerization , residence time distribution , styrene , polymer science , chemistry , chemical engineering , composite material , inclusion (mineral) , mineralogy , engineering
A tubular reactor model for “living” free‐radical polymerization is developed in this study. The model may be used as a tool to design efficient processes for tailored polymers from “living” free‐radical polymerization. Examples presented include preparing bimodal polymers and copolymers of n ‐butyl acrylate and styrene. Residence time distribution effects on polymer properties are investigated by varying the Peclet number, to show the degree of backmixing that adversely affects polymer properties. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 1047–1056, 2002