Experiments with soap‐free polymerization of styrene in the presence of alcohols

摘要

AbstractPolystyrene latexes have been synthesized by a method based on that Kotera et al.4The polymerization rates and yields have been improved by the addition of an alcohol (methanol) to the reactants. The effects of varying the methanol content and other process variables on the polymerization and on the properties of the latex are reported.