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AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2515-2519

  Balsara, N P ^a   Lefebvre, A A ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Lin, C C ^a   Hammouda, B ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; POLYMER;

MIXTURE; POLYMER; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032459485     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690441118     Document Type: Article

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