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Experimental and simulation studies on ethyl acrylate polymerization
Author(s) -
Gao Jun,
McManus Neil T.,
Penlidis Alexander
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.1997.021980315
Subject(s) - acrylate , chemistry , polymer chemistry , radical polymerization , ethyl acrylate , factorial experiment , chain transfer , polymerization , catalytic chain transfer , bulk polymerization , polymer , organic chemistry , copolymer , computer science , machine learning
An experimental study of the bulk free radical polymerization of ethyl acrylate (EA) initiated by 2,2′‐azoisobutyronitrile (AIBN) was conducted. The experiments were carried out based on a factorial design with replicates. The reaction variables investigated were initiator concentration, temperature and chain transfer agent (CTA) concentration (primary octanethiol). The results obtained were used to develop and test a simulation model for EA homopolymerization.