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Studies on the preparation and characterisation of monodisperse polystyrene laticee

III. Preparation without added surface active agents

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Preparative methods have been developed in order to obtain monodisperse polystyrene latices in the absence of added surface active agents. By suitable adjustment of the ionic strength of the aqueous phase the initiator concentration and the polymerisation temperature it was found possible to obtain a range of particle sizes, ca. 0.1 to 1.0 ,um, by single-stage reactions. The total initial ionic strength of the aqueous phase was found to play a critical function in determining particle size. A formula has been derived from the experimental data which enables the preparative conditions required to form a latex, containing particles of a particular size, to be predicted.

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  1. J. Hearn

    Present address: Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, England

  2. C. C. Ho

    Present address: Malaysian Rubber Board, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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  1. School of Chemistry University of Bristol, Bristol BS 8 ITS, U.K.

    J. W. Goodwin, J. Hearn, C. C. Ho & R. H. Ottewill

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Goodwin, J.W., Hearn, J., Ho, C.C. et al. Studies on the preparation and characterisation of monodisperse polystyrene laticee. Colloid & Polymer Sci 252, 464–471 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01554752

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