Investigation of methacrylate free-radical depropagation kinetics by pulsed-laser polymerization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3567-3574

  Hutchinson, Robin A ^a,b   Paquet Jr , Donald A ^a   Beuermann, Sabine ^a,c   McMinn, John H ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b Du Pont de Nemours International SA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; MONOMERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FREE-RADICAL DEPROPAGATION; PULSED LASER POLYMERIZATION;

POLYACRYLATES;

EID: 0032166955     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980167p     Document Type: Article

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