Parametric Sensitivity Study of a Butyl Acrylate Emulsion Polymerization Model

In the present work, parametric sensitivity study of a previously developed model for butyl acrylate emulsion polymerization is conducted. The values of few important parameters of the model are changed and the effects on conversion versus time behaviour and total number of particles formed for a fixed recipe are reported. It is found that the effects of the change in the values of these parameters on the conversion versus time behaviour and hence, polymerization kinetics is not significant whereas the effects of the change in the values of these parameters on the total number of particles formed and hence, the nucleation kinetics is quite significant.