Frontal polymerization with encapsulated initiator

E. Urdiales; V. A. Volpert

doi:10.1007/s10665-009-9322-y

Frontal polymerization with encapsulated initiator

E. Urdiales, V. A. Volpert

Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics

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Abstract

Frontal Polymerization (FP) is a process that converts monomers into polymers by means of a propagating spatially localized reaction front. In the simplest case, a mixture of monomers and initiator is placed into a test tube and upon initiation of the reaction at one end of the tube, a self-sustained wave develops and propagates through the tube. Monomer/initiator systems can suffer from a limited pot life, meaning that over a period of time the systems will spontaneously polymerize before they can be used. One way to avoid the undesirable spontaneous polymerization is by microencapsulating the initiator. A mathematical model of nonadiabatic FP waves with encapsulated initiator is presented.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	329-340
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Engineering Mathematics
Volume	67
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-009-9322-y
State	Published - 2010

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Acknowledgements While working on this paper, E.U. has been supported by a DFI fellowship. We would also like to thank Professor John A. Pojman from Louisiana State University for providing us with valuable technical data.

Keywords

Encapsulated initiator
Frontal polymerization
Mathematical modeling
Traveling wave

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General Mathematics
General Engineering

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