Ring-size distribution in the depolymerization of poly(butylene terephthalate)

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1518-1522

  Hubbard, Patricia A ^a   Brittain, William J ^a   Mattice, Wayne L ^a   Brunelle, Daniel J ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS;

CRITICAL MONOMER CONCENTRATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MACROCYCLIZATION; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0032026771     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma971275a     Document Type: Article

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