The Effects of Stir Paddle Turbulent Mixing of a Polymer Solution on its Polymer Properties

Advisor: Dr. Robert Bryant
Governor’s School for Science and Technology and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2008-2010

Efficient mixing of a growing polymer in a chemical reactor vessel is a function of stir speed, stir paddle shape, and solution viscosity. Several stir paddles were designed to increase turbulence and decrease shear flow to yield a polymer with the greatest thermal and tensile properties.

Talk: The Effects of Stir Paddle Turbulent Mixing of a Polymer Solution on its Polymer Properties, presented to the Governor’s School for Science and Technology, 2010

Talk: The Effects of Stir Paddle Turbulent Mixing of a Polymer Solution on its Polymer Properties, presented at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS), Harrisonburg, Virginia, 2010