Miscibilization of Reactive Polymers during Early-Stage Spinodal Decomposition

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 416-426

  Yashin, Victor V ^a,b   Spontak, Richard J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DECOMPOSITION; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY;

HOMOPOLYMERS; ONSAGER KINETIC COEFFICIENTS; REACTIVE COMPATIBILIZATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

MISCIBILITY; MIXING; POLYMER;

EID: 0032007182     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690440218     Document Type: Article

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