The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering · 1980 · 40 citations · 13 references
Natural SciencesChemical EngineeringChemistryAnalytical ChemistryPolymer ChemistryPolymer EngineeringAnalytical ChromatographyChromatographyLiquid ChromatographyPolymer AnalysisPolymerization KineticsSize-exclusion ChromatographyEmulsion PolymerizationEmulsionsExperimental CharacterizationOffline Process MonitoringPolymeric EmulsionsReactor OperationReactor Performance MonitoringSize-exclusion Liquid Chromatography
Abstract Herein is reported an experimental evaluation of turbidity‐spectra and of liquid exclusion chromatography (LEC) for the online and offline monitoring of polymer particle size during the continuous emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate. It is shown that these analytical techniques satisfactorily follow the change of particle size for reactor operation under conditions of sustained oscillations.
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