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Reactive polymer processing
Author(s) -
Biesenberger J. A.,
Gogos C. G.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760201303
Subject(s) - exothermic reaction , materials science , polymer , mixing (physics) , viscosity , monomer , polymerization , thermal stability , flow (mathematics) , thermal , process engineering , chemical engineering , polymer science , composite material , thermodynamics , mechanics , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper addresses some of the general engineering problems in reactive polymer processing: thermal effects on reactor stability and polymer properties due to rapid exothermic polymerization, the formulation of reaction viscosity relationships required in simulations, and the generation of flow and mixing via technology available from both ends of the viscosity spectrum, which is spanned in its entirety when going from monomer to molded polymer. Methods of analysis are discussed and general design concepts are suggested, which can be applied to the construction of innovative future processing equipment.