Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene Under Indirect Ultrasonic Irradiation

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  • Kobayashi Daisuke
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Matsumoto Hideyuki
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Kuroda Chiaki
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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  • 超音波間接照射下におけるスチレン乳化重合
  • チョウオンパ カンセツ ショウシャ カ ニ オケル スチレン ニュウカ ジュウゴウ

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Use of an ultrasound generator as an emulsifier leads to efficient initiation in polymerization processes. In this study, polymerization of styrene under indirect ultrasonic irradiation was carried out without a chemical initiator. The resulting latex particle size was around 1.0 µm and the weight-average molecular weight was in the range from 2,000,000 to 8,000,000. OH radical generation inside the reactor was evaluated by KI oxidation dosimetry and found to depend on a dimensionless index (l+h/2)/λ, where λ is the wavelength. The region of low generation of OH radicals overlaps with the region of low polymerization rate, where the value of (l+h/2)/λ is about 0.6. Therefore, KI dosimetry by using (l+h/2)/λ is useful for evaluation of the chemical efficiency of the polymerization. In addition to radical generation, the stability of emulsion was also found to be important for the polymerization under ultrasonic indirect irradiation.

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