Polyethylene conversion in supercritical water

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 247-252

  Watanabe, Masaru ^a   Hirakoso, Hideyuki ^a   Sawamoto, Shuhei ^a   Tadafumi Adschiri, ^a   Arai, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon; n Hexadecane; Polyethylene; Pyrolysis; Supercritical water

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTIONS; HIGHER YIELD; N-HEXADECANE; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; PYROLYSIS RATE; REACTION PHASE; REACTION TIME; SHORTER CHAINS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; WATER DENSITY;

ARGON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0000335726     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8446(98)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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