Affiliation:
1. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia 30332‐0100 USA
Abstract
AbstractA rationale for droplet nucleation during inverse emulsion polymerization (IEP) (reported by previous investigators) is proposed. Based on the idea that smaller monomer droplets are nucleated into polymer particles, while larger droplets serve as reservoirs for monomer (as in a micellar nucleation mechanism) the question of possible monomer‐transport limitation during polymerization is explored.