An equilibrium model for diffusion-limited solid-state polycondensation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2797-2806

  Goodner, Michael D ^a,b,c   DeSimone, Joseph M ^a,b   Kiserow, Douglas J ^a,b,c   Roberts, George W ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYCARBONATES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYBISPHENOL A CARBONATE; POLYMERIZATION KINETICS; SOLID STATE POLYCONDENSATION; STEP GROWTH POLYMERIZATION;

POLYCONDENSATION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0034253902     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990648o     Document Type: Article

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