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The 42nd Annual Short Course

Advances in Emulsion Polymerization
and Latex Technology

MONDAY, August 19, 2019

08:30 - 10:00
Free Radical Polymerization Mechanisms and Kinetics (F. J. Schork)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00
Emulsion Polymerization Mechanisms and Kinetics (F. J. Schork)
16:30 - 18:00
Semi-Continuous Emulsion Polymerization and Structured Latexes (M. F. Cunningham)
20:00 - 21:45
The Role of Surfactants in Emulsion Polymerization Processes and Kinetics (M. S. El-Aasser)

TUESDAY, August 20, 2019

08:30 - 10:00
Film Formation (P. A. Lovell)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00
Experimental Methods for the Characterization of Latex Particle Size and Particle Size Distribution(C. A. Silebi)
16:30 - 18:00
A Mechanistic Study of Water Evaporation from Wet Acrylic Latex Films / Glass Transition Evolution of Plasticized Latex Films: An Important Process in the Application of Everyday Latex Paints (J. W. Taylor)
20:00 - 21:45
Discussion of Applications and Problems Submitted by Course Participants

WEDNESDAY, August 21, 2019

08:30 - 10:00
Colloidal Stabilization and Destabilization Mechanisms of Latex Systems (M. S. El-Aasser)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00
Latex Rheology (C. A. Silebi)
16:30 - 18:00
Branching and Grafting in Emulsion Polymerization (P. A. Lovell)
20:00 - 21:45
Miniemulsions and their Latex Systems via Polymerization in Monomer Droplets and Direct Emulsification of Polymer Solutions (M. S. El-Aasser)

THURSDAY, August 22, 2019

08:30 - 10:00
Living Radical Polymerization and Advances in Future Directions for Emulsion Polymers/Polymer Colloids (M. F. Cunningham)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00
Water-Borne Soft-Soft Nanocomposites: Principles and Application Case Studies (P. A. Lovell)
16:30 - 18:00
Latexes for Industrial Applications and Methods of Reducing Residual Monomer J. W. Taylor)
20:00 - 21:45
Discussion of Applications and Problems Submitted by Course Participants

FRIDAY, August 23, 2019

08:30 - 10:00
Reactor Design and Scale-Up of Emulsion Polymerization (M. F. Cunningham)
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00
Sensors and Control of Emulsion Polymerization Reactors (F. J. Schork)
12:00
End of Course