Precipitation of polystyrene from toluene with HFC-134a by the GAS process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1821-1826

  Tan, Chung Sung ^a   Chang, Wen Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURIZATION; SOLVENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOLUENE;

CLOUD POINT PRESSURES; GAS ANTISOLVENT PROCESS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0032070683     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970630i     Document Type: Article

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