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Scaling up the styrene butyl methacrylate copolymerisation reaction
Author(s) -
Joshi M. V.,
Mukesh D.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.270190110
Subject(s) - styrene , benzoyl peroxide , agitator , molar mass distribution , polymer chemistry , methyl methacrylate , methacrylate , volume (thermodynamics) , chemistry , materials science , copolymer , monomer , organic chemistry , polymer , chromatography , thermodynamics , physics , mass transfer
The scale‐up of benzoyl peroxide initiated copolymerisation of styrene and butyl methacrylate is studied here. The reaction is carried out in reactors of 3, 10 and 100 1 volume. Increasing the reactor size increase the weight average molecular weight and broadens the molecular weight distribution. Reducing the agitator diameter broadens the molecular weight distribution.