Kinetics of the low-temperature pyrolysis of polyethene, polypropene, and polystyrene modeling, experimental determination, and comparison with literature models and data

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1955-1964

  Westerhout, R W J ^a   Waanders, J ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a   Van Swaaij, W P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

RANDOM CHAIN DISSOCIATION (RCD) MODEL;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0031168186     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960501m     Document Type: Article

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