Process for producing styrenic polymer beads of preferred bead size
US4333969A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2998
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Styrenic polymer beads of a preferred size are produced from styrenic polymer beads of a smaller size by forming an aqueous suspension of the styrenic polymer beads and adding thereto, under polymerization conditions, an aqueous emulsion formed by admixing styrenic monomer and a catalyst therefor with water containing a nonionic surfactant that is an ethylene oxide condensate of an alkylphenol, which contains at least fifty moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alkylphenol. The beads of preferred size are formed without formation of fine styrenic polymer particles and without significant amounts of clusters of beads.
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