Polymer Devolatilization / Edition 1

by Ramon Albalak

Overview

This work introduces the fundamental background necessary to understand polymer devolatilization. It elucidates the actual mechanisms by which the devolatilization of polymer melts progresses, and discusses virtually every type of devolatilization equipment available. The work also addresses devolatilization in various geometries and types of equipment, describing the use of falling strand, slit, single-screw, co-rotating and counter-rotating twin-screw devolatilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824796273
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/14/1996
Series:	Plastics Engineering , #33
Pages:	736
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

An introduction to devolatilization; thermodynamic aspects of devolatilization of polymers; solvent diffusion in polymeric systems; bubble nucleation in polymer mixtures; fundamentals of bubble growth; a fundamental study of foam devolatilization; the study of devolatilization by scanning electron microscopy; an overview of devolatilizers; falling strand devolatilization; slit devolatilization; devolatilization in single screw extruders; devolatilization in co-rotating twin screw extruders; devolatilization in counter-rotating, nonintermeshing, twin-screw extruders; devolatilization of polymer melts in industrial applications; single rotor wiped film devolatilization of styrenic polymers; devolatilization of PVC; devolatilization of fibres, lattices and particles; the future of solvents in the manufacture of polymers; the analysis of volatiles in polymers; appendix a - vapour pressures of pure solvents; appendix b - polymer-solvent interaction parameters; appendix c - abstracts of publications on polymer devolatilization.

Editorial Reviews

". . .unquestionably the best and most comprehensive book on the subject. . .provide[s] the practicing engineer with the tools to understand and develop the devolatilization process. . . . . .well worth the price, especially if you consider that no other reference/text is really necessary. "
—-Society of Plastics Engineers

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