Prediction of feed comonomer and solvent composition for monomer-free polymer production.
A method has been developed to establish the desirable polymerization conditions for the production of monomer-free polymer at 100% conversion. The limits of desirable comonomer composition and solvent content in the feed are determined for both bulk and solution homo- and copolymerizations. An example of the result of the polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate is used to illustrate the application of this method.
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School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
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D008433:Mathematics; D008689:Methacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D012997:Solvents
D008689:Methacrylates; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D011108:Polymers; D012997:Solvents; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; C005044:hydroxyethyl methacrylate