Atomistic and Flory-Stockmayer analyses of irradiated i-PP gel fractions and comparison with results from PE

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 7337-7344

  Jones, R A ^a   Cail, J I ^b   Stepto, R F T ^b   Ward, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ANNEALING; GELS; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARAFFINS; POLYMERIZATION;

FLORY-STOCKMAYER ANALYSIS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0034300482     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma000701g     Document Type: Article

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