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Effect of multiple feeds on a termination‐free polymerization in continuous stirred tank reactors
Author(s) -
Teaney F. G.,
Anthony R. G.
Publication year - 1970
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.1970.070140115
Subject(s) - continuous stirred tank reactor , monomer , molar mass distribution , polymerization , polymer , polymer chemistry , bulk polymerization , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , radical polymerization , organic chemistry , engineering
The effect of monomer and initiator feeds to each of a series of continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTR) on the molecular weight distributions, average molecular weight, polymer production rate, and initiator and monomer conversions is studied for the termination‐free polymerization system. For initiator feed concentrations less than 0.001 mole/liter, the distribution becomes narrower as the polymer progresses from reactor 1 to reactor 3. But for concentrations of initiator of 0.01 mole/liter, the distribution may be broadened from reactor 1 to reactor 3. The broadening of the distribution results in the production of a lower molecular weight polymer.