Hierarchical Data Analysis of a Replicate Experiment in Emulsion Terpolymerization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1985-1994

  Dubé, Marc A ^a,b   Penlidis, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITION; DATA REDUCTION; EMULSIONS; ERRORS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

BUTYL ACRYLATE; DATA QUALITY; METHYL METHACRYLATE; VINYL ACETATE;

TERPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0030196590     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420719     Document Type: Article

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