Calculation of Network Parameters in Thermoreversible Gels

Polymer Gels and Networks

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 415-433

  Te Nijenhuis, K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; ENTHALPY; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MOLECULAR NETWORKS; THERMOREVERSIBLE GELS;

GELS;

EID: 0030265030     PISSN: 09667822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0966-7822(97)89915-7     Document Type: Article

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