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Local monomer concentrations in emulsion polymerization
Author(s) -
German Anton L.,
Manders Bart G.,
Zirkzee Hennie F.,
Klumperman Bert,
van Herk Alex M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19961110112
Subject(s) - emulsion polymerization , monomer , polymerization , polymer chemistry , emulsion , chemical engineering , materials science , polymer science , polymer , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
Knowledge of local monomer concentrations in the case of heterogeneous polymerizations is extremely important, since these local concentrations determine the kinetics of the reactions. In this paper two techniques to determine the local concentrations are reported. The first technique makes use of the well known pulsed initiation method, which is frequently used nowadays for the experimental determination of the propagation rate constant (k ρ ). The second technique is applied for the determination of monomer concentrations in vesicle bilayer structures.