Monte Carlo analysis of molecular weight distributions of vinyl acetate emulsion polymers.

Title Monte Carlo analysis of molecular weight distributions of vinyl acetate emulsion polymers.
Creator Ram Prakash
Subject Monte Carle method, Emulsion polymerization, Vinyl acetate, Vinyl polymers
Contributor(s) Nanavati, Hemant; Moudgalya, Kannan
DegreeM.Tech.
Department Chemical Engineering
LanguageEnglish
Degree GrantorIndian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Date2002-01-29
FormatPS-13KB
Identifier 195847
Abstract

This dissertation, on the ``Monte Carlo (MC) analysis of Molecular Weight Distributions (MWD) of Vinyl Acetate (VAc) emulsion polymers'', intially presents: (a) the literature review, (b) fundamentals of emulsion polymerization processes, which include the intervals of emulsion polymerization and type of emulsion polymerization system, and (c) fundamentals of MC simulation method, which include the basic component of MC simulation algorithm, various probability distribution functions and method of simulation. In order to determine the MWD, a MC simulation algorithm has been proposed, which takes into account all the kinetic events including radical entry, radical desorption, and dead polymer formation. This MC method is very efficient, since it allows several additions to occur in a single computing step. The effect of radical production rate in the water phase and the bimolecular termination rate are studied vis-a-vis the MWDs, obtained by the emulsion polymerization of VAc emulsion polymers. A significant effect of both the parameters has been observed on the MWDs of a VAc emulsion polymers.

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