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Simulation of particle size distribution in continuous emulsion polymerization styrene monomer
Author(s) -
Lu YingYuh,
Lin ChenChong
Publication year - 1985
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.760250111
Subject(s) - dispersity , emulsion polymerization , materials science , styrene , monomer , polymerization , particle size , polymer , polymer chemistry , particle size distribution , particle (ecology) , particle number , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , copolymer , composite material , volume (thermodynamics) , physics , geology , oceanography , engineering
A detailed mathematical model for absolute particle‐size distribution in continuous emulsion polymerization of styrene monomer is proposed on the basis of the modified population‐balance theory. The computer simulation is then performed for styrene polymerization as an example of a nondesorption system. The effects of emulsifier and initiator concentrations as well as mean residence time on the absolute particle‐size‐distribution function, total concentration of polymer particles, conversion, average number and weight radii, average number of radicals per polymer particle, and polydispersity of radius are simulated by the model proposed.