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Polymer Chemistry:: Styrene Butadiene Rubber Marieam Mouyed

The document discusses the production of Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) through emulsion polymerization. SBR is produced by copolymerizing butadiene and styrene in a 3:1 weight ratio. The monomers are purified through aqueous caustic purification before entering 6-12 reactors where polymerization takes place over 5-15 hours at temperatures ranging from 5-50°C and pressures from 1-4 atm. The polymerization product is then stripped of monomers and compounded before being coagulated, washed, dried, and pressed into bales.

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Polymer Chemistry:: Styrene Butadiene Rubber Marieam Mouyed

The document discusses the production of Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) through emulsion polymerization. SBR is produced by copolymerizing butadiene and styrene in a 3:1 weight ratio. The monomers are purified through aqueous caustic purification before entering 6-12 reactors where polymerization takes place over 5-15 hours at temperatures ranging from 5-50°C and pressures from 1-4 atm. The polymerization product is then stripped of monomers and compounded before being coagulated, washed, dried, and pressed into bales.

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● Styrene Butadiene Rubber

● Marieam mouyed

Polymer chemistry :The production of Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR)


follows addition polymerization. Its glass transition temperature is
approximately -55oC, but may vary with the Styrene content. It can be used
extensively within the temperature range of -40 to 100 oC. It may be
blended with natural rubber or can be used by itself. It has good abrasion
resistance properties and the addition of additives may endow it with aging
stability

Technology(Figure 39.3)

SBR is produced by the copolymerization of Butadiene and Styrene by


emulsion polymerization in 3 : 1 weight ratio.
The fresh and recycle monomers are purified by 20 % aqueous caustic
purification. Then the stream is continuously passed through 6 to 12 glass
– lined or stainless steel reactors. The residence time in these reactors
ranges from 5 to 15 hours. Steam heating, water cooling and refrigeration
are carried out in these reactors. These reactors are equipped for
producing both cold and hot SBR. Cold SBR is produced at 5oC and 1 atm
gage by refrigeration techniques ; whereas hot SBR is manufactured at 50
oC , and 3-4 atm gage.
The polymerization product is then stripped with chemical inhibitors and
the latex resulting from the reactors are collected in blow down tanks. The
latex is then sent to a falling film stripper to remove the butadiene ; and the
bottoms are fed to a perforated plate column where styrene is stripped out.
The monomer – free emulsion is then added with certain compounding
ingredients in blend tanks. The latex is coagulated to rubber. The crumbs of
rubber float onto shaker screens where the catalyst , emulsifiers and other
solubles are removed by the action with wash water. The crumbs are dried
in continuous belt dryers with hot air and are subsequently pressed into
bales.
Reference

●Ullmann F., Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley – VCH, 19992012

●Kirk R. E., Othmer D. F., Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, John


Wiley and Sons, 1999-2012

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