Modeling of Polymer Molecular Weight Distributions in Free-Radical Polymerization Reactions. Application to the Case of Polystyrene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1163-1170

  Wolff, Eric Hans P ^a   Rene Bos A N ^a,b  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b SNC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE RADICALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; POLYSTYRENES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CHAIN TRANSFER;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0031117870     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960446h     Document Type: Article

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