Short description Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this is the first book to emphasize the potential for this technology in polymer processes, developing an overview of polymer fundamentals, polymerization reactions and polymer processing in supercritical carbon dioxide.
From the contents Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Sustainable Polymer Processes 1 Phase Behavior of Polymer Systems in High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide Transport Properties of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Kinetics of Free-Radical Polymerization in Homogeneous Phase of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Reactions in Supercritical Media Heterogeneous Polymerization in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Inverse Emulsion Polymerization in Carbon Dioxide Catalytic Polymerization of Olefins in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Production of Fluoropolymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Polymer Processing with Supercritical Fluids Synthesis of Advanced Materials using Supercritical Fluids Polymer Extrusion with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Chemical Modification of Polymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Reduction of Residual Monomer in Latex Products using High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide