What is it about?
In this work, we've analyzed how the agitation speed affects the densities of polymeric particles produced in suspension polymerization processes.
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Why is it important?
Although the agitation and the breakup and coalescence events have been largely reported in the literature, before this work, no data that correlates the agitation speed and the final density of the polymeric micro-particles were available. Therefore, this new data shown in our paper contributes to better understand the particle formation in suspension polymerization systems.
Perspectives
In this work, we've focused on a very specific material, poly(vinyl acetate). Further analyzes of other important monomers (e.g. styrene, methyl methacrylate) and co-polymers are necessary to better understand the agitation effect on the particle density.
Dr Marco Oliveira
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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This page is a summary of: Effect of Agitation on Density of Poly(vinyl acetate) Particles Produced in Suspension Polymerization Reactions, Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, June 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/mren.201400017.
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