Free-radical retrograde precipitation-polymerization process

Inventors

Gerard T. Caneba, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

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Abstract

A free-radical retrograde polymerization process for forming a polymer. An admixture of reactants including predetermined amounts of a monomer, a solvent, and a free-radical-initiator is reacted. A precipitation polymerization reaction occurs such that a polymer-rich phase is at a temperature generally above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the admixture.

Patent Number

5,173,551

Assignee

Board of Control of Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Mich.

Application Number

491,288

Date Filed

3-9-1990

Certificate of Correction

No

Issue Date

12-22-1992

Disciplines

Chemical Engineering | Engineering

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Recommended Citation

Caneba, Gerard T., "Free-radical retrograde precipitation-polymerization process" (1992). Michigan Tech Patents. 69.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/patents/69