ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the use of automatic continuous mixing techniques in a wide variety of contexts: on-line monitoring of polymerization reactions, polymer degradation, aggregation, and dissolution, and equilibrium characterization of complex systems. The technique is composed of a “front end,” that is, a system of pumps and mixers to ensure automatic mixing, and a “detector end,” which includes any number of detectors that function with flowing samples. Detectors can include multi-angle light scattering, UV/visible absorbance, differential refractometry, viscosity, evaporative light scattering, near IR, electron spin resonance (ESR), and others.
