Effect of multiple feeds on a termination‐free polymerization in continuous stirred tank reactors
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Polymer Science
- Vol. 14 (1) , 147-159
- https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1970.070140115
Abstract
The effect of monomer and initiator feeds to each of a series of continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTR) on the molecular weight distributions, average molecular weight, polymer production rate, and initiator and monomer conversions is studied for the termination‐free polymerization system. For initiator feed concentrations less than 0.001 mole/liter, the distribution becomes narrower as the polymer progresses from reactor 1 to reactor 3. But for concentrations of initiator of 0.01 mole/liter, the distribution may be broadened from reactor 1 to reactor 3. The broadening of the distribution results in the production of a lower molecular weight polymer.Keywords
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