Polymerization kinetics and the effect of reactor residence time on polymer microstructure

Abstract

Polymer reaction engineering is a theoretical and technical framework for understanding and describing polymerization processes and polymer microstructure. The goal is to establish a virtual pathway from polymerization recipe and process to polymer properties. All phenomena that affect the process and the polymer properties, including reaction kinetics, thermodynamic and reactor performance considerations should be taken into account. The key to this quest is understanding polymerization kinetics and the effect of reactor residence time on polymer microstructure.