Traditional Free-Radical Polymerization in Aqueous Systems

Traditional Free-Radical Polymerization in Aqueous Systems 

In a typical aqueous emulsion polymerization, a water-immiscible monomer is polymerized in the presence of a surfactant and a water-soluble initiator, such as potassium peroxodisuUate. A water-soluble radical, e.g. -SOl formed by thermal decomposition of the initiator, grows by addition of monomer dissolved in the 

Edited by Bernhard Rieger, Lisa Saunders Baugh, Smita Kacker, Susanne Striegler 

Copyright (g) 2003 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim 

Particular features of emulsion polymerization and polymer latexes are  

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