An Alternative Method for Evaluation of Intrinsic Viscosity

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-432

  Kozicki, W ^a   Kuang, P Q ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Intl Water Solutions Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Huggins equation; Intrinsic viscosity; L'hopital's rule; Specific viscosity; Staudinger's index

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THEORY;

HUGGINS EQUATION; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; SPECIFIC VISCOSITY; STAUDINGER'S INDEX;

VISCOSITY;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030158047     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450740317     Document Type: Article

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