Polyethylene glycol is produced by the copolymerization of ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol
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Polyethylene glycol production by the copolymerization of ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol: I would like to ask experts whether this constitutes a hazardous polymerization process
Polyethylene glycol is produced using diethylene glycol as a starting material, and this production process is certainly considered hazardous, as the raw material, ethylene oxide, is dangerous and flammable and explosive. Therefore, nitrogen protection is required during production to prevent exposure to air.
This process should be carried out using non-ionic surfactants; a polymerization reaction involving epoxides is definitely dangerous
Of course, EO is of Class A