Polymer Devolatilization Book

An introduction to devolatilization; thermodynamic aspects of devolatilization of polymers; solvent diffusion in polymeric systems; bubble nucleation in polymer mixtures; fundamentals of bubble growth; a fundamental study of foam devolatilization; the study of devolatilization by scanning electron microscopy; an overview of devolatilizers; falling strand devolatilization; slit devolatilization; devolatilization in single screw extruders; devolatilization in co-rotating twin screw extruders; devolatilization in counter-rotating, nonintermeshing, twin-screw extruders; devolatilization of polymer melts in industrial applications; single rotor wiped film devolatilization of styrenic polymers; devolatilization of PVC; devolatilization of fibres, lattices and particles; the future of solvents in the manufacture of polymers; the analysis of volatiles in polymers; appendix a - vapour pressures of pure solvents; appendix b - polymer-solvent interaction parameters; appendix c - abstracts of publications on polymer devolatilization.