Pressure dependence of the volume phase-transition of temperature-sensitive gels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3235-3239

  Zhong, Xing ^a   Wang, Yu Xin ^a   Wang, Shi Chang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWELLING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

DEGREE OF SWELLING; EXCESS VOLUME; GEL WATER SYSTEMS; HYDROGEL;

GELS;

EID: 0030159427     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(95)00344-4     Document Type: Article

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