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dc.contributor.advisor | Hamialec, A. E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Balke, Thomas Stephen | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T17:05:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T17:05:32Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2014-01-13 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1972 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/8729 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 9810 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 4984017 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/13897 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>This dissertation describes an investigation into the free radical batch polymerization of methyl methacrylate to high conversion. The overall objective was to develop a kinetic model to accurately predict conversion and molecular weight distribution for the polymerization. The dissertation is divided into three self-contained parts.</p> <p>Part I describes the development and testing of the kinetic model. New gel permeation chromatograph (GPC) data interpretation methods (developed in Part I I), the free volume concept of diffusion theory, and newly obtained isothermal kinetic data, are combined with computer implemented optimization techniques, to show that classical kinetics apply to high conversions.</p> <p>Part II details the development of three new GPC interpretation techniques. The two most recent are evaluated in Part I.</p> <p>The third has been used by other workers. Other interpretation methods are also evaluated and discussed. Part I I I describes the development of a high shear concentric cylinder viscometer and its use with Newtonian standards. This is a prelude to future studies in polymer rheology and polymerization under shear conditions.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | methyl methacrylate | en_US |
dc.subject | polymerization | en_US |
dc.subject | kinetic model | en_US |
dc.subject | GPC interpretation | en_US |
dc.subject | high shear concentric cylinder viscometer | en_US |
dc.subject | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
dc.title | The Free Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate to High Conversions | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
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