Modeling of Imperfect Mixing and Its Effects on Polymer Properties

AIChE Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1265-1277

  Zhang, Simon X ^a,b   Ray, W Harmon ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ETHYLENE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; STYRENE; VINYL RESINS;

CONTINUATION ANALYSIS; IMPERFECT MIXING;

MIXING;

MIXING; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; POLYMERS;

EID: 0031147737     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690430515     Document Type: Article

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