Polymer Devolatilization

Offering an informative, "hands-on" approach, this comprehensive and up-to-date reference introduces the fundamental background necessary to understand polymer devolatilization, elucidates the actual mechanisms by which the devolatilization of polymers progresses, and discusses virtually every type of devolatilizing equipment available.
Detailing techniques and instrumentation for the analysis of volatiles in polymers, Polymer Devolatilization addresses devolatilization in various geometries and types of equipment...covers the thermodynamics of concentrated polymer solutions, solvent diffusion in polymers, and bubble nucleation and growth...examines industrial applications of devolatilization for a variety of polymers and equipment, accompanied by worked examples and calculations...presents methods for determining the concentration of residual monomers and other volatiles...includes useful data on vapor pressures and polymer-solvent interaction parameters...considers the future of solvents in the polymer industry in view of increasing regulations...furnishes abstracts of more than 60 key papers on polymer devolatilization published over the past decade...and more.
Containing over 600 timesaving literature citations and more than 675 helpful tables, equations, drawings, and photographs, Polymer Devolatilization is a valuable resource for polymer, plastics, materials, chemical, and process engineers; polymer and materials scientists; polymer chemists; and graduate students in these disciplines.