Vinyl Chloride Polymerization

Vinyl chloride is a chemical intermediate not a final product.

Vinyl chloride polymerization.

Due to the hazardous nature of vinyl chloride to human health there are no end products that use vinyl chloride in its monomer form. Polymerization of vinyl chloride vc was studied. Vc vc αd 1 vc β βd 2 and vc d 3 were used to study the reactivities of the hydrogen atoms in the polymerization and the β hydrogen atoms contributed to the chain transfer. Suspension and emulsion polymerization of vinyl chloride monomer using free radical initiators.

Physical phenomena of polyvinylchloride parti cle formation and reactant species distributions in phas s during poly merization. Vinyl chloride is a chlorinated hydrocarbon occurring as a colorless highly flammable gas with a mild sweet odor that may emit toxic fumes of carbon dioxide carbon monoxide hydrogen chloride and phosgene when heated to decomposition. The effect of stirring rate on particle size in the suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride 388. Sidiropoulou chemical engineering department and chemical process engineering research institute aristotle university of thessaloniki p o.

Suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride with reduced. Dynamic simulation of industrial poly vinyl chloride batch suspension polymerization reactors c. Suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride using one and two initiator systems. Suspension polymerization affords particles with average diameters of 100 180 μm whereas emulsion.

Nlesc rate data were also used to test the applicapility of the rodel. Vinyl chloride is an organohalogen compound that has important industrial applications. Kiparissides g. Achilias and e.

Parts i and i i also include a rather extensive review of pvc r tecjmology and the variolls models that have been publ ishcd for i1klss and suspension imlymerizatiqn of vinyl chloride. When treated with certain catalysts vinyl chloride monomers undergo polymerization and form the larger compound known as polyvinyl chloride or pvc. Suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride with mixed peroxides 387. Box 472 540 06 thessaloniki greece.

Natural evolution of hcl from vc occurred in the polymerization. About 80 of production involves suspension polymerization. Chemical and physical methods were used to observe irregular structures such as branching. It is a carcinogenic gas that must be handled with special protective procedures.

Suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride with a mixture of a suspending agent and a surfactant 385. Vinyl chloride is primarily used to make polyvinyl chloride to manufacture plastics. A comprehensive reactor model for batch and semi batch proc esses has been developed on the basis of these. Vinyl chloride liquid is fed to polymerization reactors where it is.

Emulsion polymerization accounts for about 12 and bulk polymerization accounts for 8. Polyvinyl chloride is produced by polymerization of the vinyl chloride monomer vcm as shown. Pvc is used in the manufacture of numerous products including packaging films and water pipes.