**Emulsion Polymerization Mechanism**

**Emulsion Polymerization Mechanism**

Abdelaziz Nasr Moawed Bakr El-hoshoudy Abdelaziz Nasr Moawed Bakr El-hoshoudy Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72143

#### **Abstract**

Emulsion polymerization is a polymerization process with different applications on the industrial and academic scale. It involves application of emulsifier to emulsify hydrophobic polymers through aqueous phase by amphipathic emulsifier, then generation of free radicals with either a water or oil soluble initiators. It characterized by reduction of bimolecular termination of free radicals due to segregation of free radicals among the discrete monomer-swollen polymer particles. The latex particles size ranged from 10 nm to 1000 nm in a diameter and are generally spherical. A typical of particle consist of 1–10,000 macromolecules, where macromolecule contains about 100–10<sup>6</sup> monomer units.

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.72143

**Keywords:** emulsion polymerization, emulsified monomers, particle nucleation and polymerization mechanism
