1. CONTROL OF THE ADHESIVE PROPERTIES OF N-BUTYL ACRYLATE/STYRENE LATEXES *.
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Elizalde, Oihana, Vicente †, Matias, Leiza, Jose, and Asua, Jose
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ACRYLATES , *STYRENE , *LATEX , *ADHESION - Abstract
A model relating the adhesive properties and the complete molecular weight distribution of n-butyl acrylate/styrene latexes of fixed copolymer molar composition (85/15) was constructed using partial least squares regression (PLS-R). This quantitative relationship allows the prediction of the adhesive properties of the latexes from MWD measurements. After validation of the model, it was combined with a control strategy, which allows the production of latexes of controlled copolymer composition and MWD. The resulting system can be regarded as a method for the control of the adhesive properties of the latex. This methodology was satisfactorily validated experimentally by the production of two latexes of different adhesive performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
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