IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HALOGENATED POLYMERS

摘要

In a process for the continuous halogenation of polymers by contacting polymer and halogenating agent in a continuous flow device in which the polymer and halogenating agent are subjected to deformation during reaction and in which means are provided for disengaging reaction by-products and unreacted halogenating agent from the reaction mixture, a significant process improvement is realized by injecting an inert gas into the halogenated polymers immediately after reaction in order to neutralize the product. In a preferred embodiment the process is carried out in an extruder-reactor and an optional, supplementary inert gas scrubbing zone is included. The process is amenable to saturated and unsaturated polymers.