Jacket temperature regulation allowing well-defined non-adiabatic lab-scale solution free radical polymerization of acrylates
Mariya Edeleva, Yoshi W. Marien, Paul Van Steenberge, Dagmar D’hooge
Abstract
Conventional batch solution free radical polymerization of <italic>n</italic>-butyl acrylate with thermal initiators such as AIBN is known to be strongly exothermic and influenced by highly activated side reactions such as backbiting and β-scission.
Topics & Concepts
Exothermic reactionRadical polymerizationPolymer chemistryPolymerizationAcrylateAdiabatic processChemistryMaterials scienceThermodynamicsPolymerOrganic chemistryCopolymerPhysicsAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationPhotopolymerization techniques and applications