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“Living” Free Radical Polymerization in Tubular Reactors. I. Modeling of the Complete Molecular Weight Distribution Using Probability Generating Functions
Author(s) -
Asteasuain Mariano,
Soares Matheus,
Lenzi Marcelo K.,
Cunningham Michael,
Sarmoria Claudia,
Pinto José Carlos,
Brandolin Adriana
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
macromolecular reaction engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1862-8338
pISSN - 1862-832X
DOI - 10.1002/mren.200700026
Subject(s) - molar mass distribution , nitroxide mediated radical polymerization , radical polymerization , polymerization , transformation (genetics) , materials science , computer science , distribution (mathematics) , polymer chemistry , biological system , thermodynamics , chemistry , polymer , mathematics , physics , composite material , biochemistry , biology , gene , mathematical analysis
This is the first of a series of works aiming at developing a tool for designing “living” free radical polymerization processes in tubular reactors, in order to achieve tailor‐made MWDs. A mathematical model of the nitroxide‐mediated controlled free radical polymerization is built and implemented to predict the complete MWD. It is shown that this objective may be achieved accurately and efficiently by means of the probability generating function (pgf) transformation. Comparison with experimental data is good. The potential of the resulting model for optimization activities involving the complete MWD is also shown.