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  A Detailed Lumped Model for Vinyl Acetate Emulsion Polymerization

  By Ashwini Sood, Sandeep Tripathi, Shalini Prajapati

  Abstract: Abstract A mathematical model was developed to simulate emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate monomer in isothermal, batch and semi-batch reactors. The recipe components included monomer (vinyl acetate), initiator (potassium persulfate), surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate) and water as the dispersion medium. The two important phenomena, particle nucleation and particle growth, were modeled in adequate detail. The mechanistic details included: particle formation via micellar nucleation; coupling of the radical concentration in the …

  Published in International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 1–12 Read article →