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Radiation‐induced emulsion ploymerization of vinyl acetate in a pilot plant reactor II. Kinetics
Author(s) -
Challa R. R.,
Drew J. H.,
Stahel E. P.,
Stannett V.
Publication year - 1986
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.1986.070310104
Subject(s) - vinyl acetate , emulsion polymerization , kinetics , pilot plant , emulsion , batch reactor , polymerization , chemistry , polymer chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The recycle flow reactor pilot plant, described in Part I of this series, has been used to study some kinetic and other features of the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate. In particular, the dependence of the rate on the emulsifier concentration was determined and found to be 0.38 ± 0.09. Separate batch experiments were in reasonable agreement as 0.29 ± 0.10. The effects of temperature, dose rate, and agitation rate were also determined and were in agreement with most of the literature values.