## Abstract The kinetics of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate emulsion polymerization are reexamined. The validity of Ugelstad's model for systems with high desorption rate is confirmed by simulating conversion histories for both systems at different initiator concentrations and particle numbers. On
Kinetics and mechanism of the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate by redox initiation
โ Scribed by A. S. Badran; S. M. M. Shendy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 674 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0323-7648
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โฆ Synopsis
Kinetics and mechanism of the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate by redox initiation
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'l'lie experimental riiethods crnployt:tl wen: itlentical with ttiosc described previously [17, IS].
The image analyzer (Biltlanalyse IBAS 1 arid 3) was used to measure t h e average diameters and average area of different polymer particles. Also, i t was used t o plot absolute frequency (ABS frequency) agninst area and rnaxinititii diameter (,!Imax). The number of polymer particles p i x unit volirmn of water (iV,) was calcdatetl from the monoitier vonvcrsion Slk Tlie volume average iliarnctcr OF tlic polymer particles d, was cletermiiiecl by a transmissioii crlec~ti~c~ri microscope using the following cqriations:
hi,, is tltv initial inonomcr ronccittration iiii(l p,, is the (Lensity of the polynicr.
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