Miscibility of isotactic polypropylene in n-pentane and n-pentane + carbon dioxide mixtures at high pressures

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-177

  Kiran, Erdogan ^a   Xiong, Yang ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; High pressure; Miscibility; Near critical; Pentane; Phase separation; Polypropylene; Solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000583593     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8446(97)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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