High temperature bulk copolymerization of butyl acrylate/methyl methacrylate: Reactivity ratio estimation

Polymer Reaction Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-145

  McManus, N T ^a   Dube M A ^b   Penlidis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYACRYLATES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

ERROR-IN-VARIABLES MODEL METHOD; MAYO-LEWIS KINETIC MODEL; REACTIVITY RATIO ESTIMATION;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0033070807     PISSN: 10543414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543414.1999.10744502     Document Type: Article

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