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SUMMARY:Lucite International's new process for Methyl Methacrylate - Dr Be
 n Harris and Dr Darren Gobby\, Lucite Ltd
DTSTART:20101110T153000Z
DTEND:20101110T163000Z
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CONTACT:Vanessa Blake
DESCRIPTION:Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) is the monomer used to make high-val
 ue acrylic polymers and resins. Probably the best known example is Perspex
 TM.  Lucite International has invented\, patented and commercialised a com
 pletely new process for manufacturing MMA from commodity feed-stocks.  The
  new process overcomes many of the limitations of traditional processes: n
 o longer are high-priced\, limited-availability feed stocks and highly tox
 ic intermediates required\, the new process has better raw material effici
 encies than existing process and its environmental footprint is significan
 tly reduced.\n\nThe presentation will give background on MMA and its appli
 cations and describe the development of the new process including two new 
 catalytic reaction steps\, novel separations and the methodology that allo
 wed the process to be scaled from a micro-pilot plant (4tpa) to a world-sc
 ale plant of 120ktpa in a single step. 
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Department of Chemical Engineering
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