Thermal decomposition of ethylene-comonomer mixtures under high pressure

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2214-2222

  Albert, Jens ^a   Luft, Gerhard ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; COPOLYMERIZATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MIXTURES; MONOMERS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COMONOMER; MAXIMUM EXPLOSION PRESSURE; METHYL METHACRYLATE;

ETHYLENE;

ACRYLIC ACID; CARBON; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHANE; VINYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; DECOMPOSITION; EXPLOSION; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033212704     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690451019     Document Type: Article

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