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Semicontinuous miniemulsion terpolymerization: Effect of the operation conditions
Author(s) -
Unzué María J.,
Asua José M.
Publication year - 1993
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.1993.070490109
Subject(s) - miniemulsion , butyl acrylate , monomer , vinyl acetate , chemistry , polymer chemistry , acrylate , kinetics , methyl methacrylate , chemical engineering , volumetric flow rate , materials science , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer , thermodynamics , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The effect of solids content, initiator concentration, feed‐flow rate, and amount of cosurfactant on the kinetics of the high solids content, semicontinuous miniemulsion terpolymerization of butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, and vinyl acetate was studied. In addition, the effect of the operation variables on the feasibility of obtaining a 65 wt% solids content latex with low amount of coagulum was investigated. The operation variables studied were: (1) partition of the monomer between the initial charge and the feed, (2) type and concentration of emulsifier; (3) feed‐flow rate; and (4) sonication. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.