Latex dispersions phase behaviour

Emnlsion polymerisation is influenced by system turbulence due to its heterogeneous nature. System effective agitation is necessary to keep the particles in dispersed phase, to prevent flocculation, to improve mass and heat transfer, phenomena that influence the reaction mechanism and kinetics as well as the final product properties and the properties of the product based on achieved latex. The influence of agitation on properties of the product using the obtained latex is presented, with emphasis on viscosity and rheological behaviour. Also presented is the influence of system initial rheology scaling up. 18 refs. 

This Report places emphasis on the time-averaged behaviour of assemblies with pair-wise DLVO-t5qje potentials given by equations (1)—(4). This reflects the strong current interest in the phase equilibria of electrostatically-stabilized dispersions of spherical latex particles. Pair-wise additivity, in which the total excess potential energy of N particles is given by... 

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