precipitation polymerization
monomer dissolves in continuous phase and does not swell polymer
polymerization medium is a precipitant for the resulting polymer
e.g. water - based polymerization of acrylonitrile
polymerization of styrene in hexane or ethanol
particles are polydisperse
size range 0.1 - 1000
particle formation (nucleation)
homogeneous nucleation
coagulative nucleation