Assessing the Hydrodynamic Effect on the Molecular Parameters of the Isoprene Polymerization Product in the Presence of a Neodymium-Based Catalytic System.

The paper presents findings on the kinetic regularities of polyisoprene production in the presence of neodymium-based catalytic systems for large-scale production processes. A mathematical model has been developed for batch and continuous isoprene polymerization. The study identified dependences of changes in the number-average and mass-average molecular weight of the resulting product on the length of the applied reactor cascade under continuous static operation.