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20<br />

Automatic Continuous<br />

Mixing Techniques for<br />

On-line Monitoring <strong>of</strong><br />

Polymer Reactions <strong>and</strong><br />

for the Determination <strong>of</strong><br />

Equilibrium Properties<br />

Wayne F. Reed<br />

Tulane University<br />

New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.<br />

1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND<br />

This chapter deals with the use <strong>of</strong> automatic continuous mixing techniques in a<br />

wide variety <strong>of</strong> contexts: on-line monitoring <strong>of</strong> polymerization reactions, polymer<br />

degradation, aggregation, <strong>and</strong> dissolution, <strong>and</strong> equilibrium characterization <strong>of</strong><br />

complex systems. The technique is composed <strong>of</strong> a “front end,” that is, a system <strong>of</strong><br />

pumps <strong>and</strong> mixers to ensure automatic mixing, <strong>and</strong> a “detector end,” which<br />

includes any number <strong>of</strong> detectors that function with flowing samples. Detectors<br />

can include multi-angle light scattering, UV/visible absorbance, differential<br />

refractometry, viscosity, evaporative light scattering, near IR, electron spin<br />

resonance (ESR), <strong>and</strong> others.<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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