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Cover Image, Volume 134, Issue 13
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.44791
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , monomer , polymerization , volume (thermodynamics) , suspension (topology) , polymer , computer science , citation , polymer science , chemical engineering , materials science , chemistry , world wide web , physics , organic chemistry , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics , homotopy , pure mathematics
Polymer gel treatments can improve sweep efficiency and reduce water production during oil recovery operations. Thomas P. Schuman and colleagues report a new water‐free suspension polymerization method to synthesize a temperature‐sensitive microgel. The polyacrylamide gel particles produced were dry microspheres and readily dispersed in water. Compared to traditional inverse suspension polymerization, the process is lower in cost and less energy intensive because the monomer‐in‐oil system employs a smaller amount of surfactant, no post processing is required and solvents can be recycled. (DOI: 10.1002/app.44581 )