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Choice of monomer partition model in mathematical modeling of emulsion copolymerization systems
Author(s) -
Gugliotta Luis M.,
Arzamendi Gurutze,
Asua José M.
Publication year - 1995
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.1995.070550706
Subject(s) - monomer , partition (number theory) , copolymer , emulsion , thermodynamics , partition coefficient , materials science , polymer chemistry , polymer science , chemistry , polymer , mathematics , organic chemistry , physics , combinatorics
A criterion for the choice for the monomer partition model in mathematical modeling of emulsion copolymerization systems is presented. In order to develop this criterion, seeded emulsion copolymerizations of several monomer systems with a wide variety of reactivity ratios and water solubilities were simulated using monomer partition models of different complexity. The simulations included different processes, solids contents and amounts of seed. The criterion for the choice of the monomer partition model was made on the basis of using the simplest but sufficiently accurate model. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.