Fleury, P. A.Meyer, T.Renken, A.2006-04-182006-04-182006-04-18199210.1016/0009-2509(92)87099-Chttps://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/229392WOS:A1992JB56100070The kinetics of the soln. polymn. of Me methacrylate is characterized by a strong increase of viscosity of ?6 orders of magnitude and autoacceleration of the reaction rate due to the gel effect. This can lead to thermal and kinetic reactor instabilities. The kinetics is detd. sep. using DSC and described with a modified published model. The model predictions are verified in pilot plant expts. at 130-170 Deg. [on SciFinder (R)]Trommsdorff effect (in Me methacrylate polymn.theor. and exptl.); Simulation and Modeling (of radical polymn. of Me methacrylate); Kinetics of polymerization (radicalof Me methacrylatetheor. and exptl.)kinetics soln polymn methyl methacrylate; gel effect polymn methyl methacrylatetext::journal::journal article::research article