An Updated Review on Suspension Polymerization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 939-965

  Vivaldo Lima, Eduardo ^a   Wood, Philip E ^a   Hamielec, Archie E ^a   Penlidis, Alexander ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; STYRENE; VINYL RESINS;

DIVINYLBENZENE;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 0031122204     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960361g     Document Type: Article

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