ABSTRACT ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION BALANCE A MATHEMATICAL MODEL IS DEVELOPED TO DESCRIBE THEFORMATION OF POLYMER PARTICLE IN STYRENE SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION.THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COALES-CENCE AND BREAKAGE OF DROPLETS ALLD THE GEL EFFECT ARE ANALYZED IN PARTICULAR.PARAMETERS OF THE MODELSARE ESTIMATED BY EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON REACTION CONVERSION AND PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION.THE RESULTSSHOW THAT THE MODEL IS SUITABLE FOR PREDICTING POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES.