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Asymmetric Membrane Formation in the Heterogeneous Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Antonios G. Mikos  and
Costas Kiparissides
Antonios G. Mikos
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room E25-342, Cambridge, MA 02139
Costas Kiparissides
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 472, 54006 University City, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Abstract

A mathematical model is presented to describe the fundamental phenomena occurring in the vicinity of the interface between a polymerizing medium and a non-solvent. The model combines the principles of polymerization kinetics, mass transfer and polymer solution thermodynamics and is applied to the polymerization of methyl methacrylate with water. Numerical simulations indicate the development of large interface velocities and the formation of a dense polymer skin at very low monomer conversions in agreement with experimental observations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 205: Symposium F – Kinetics of Phase Transformations , 1990 , 441
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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