Continuous distribution kinetics for the degradation of polystyrene in supercritical benzene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4020-4023

  Karmore, Vishal ^a   Madras, Giridhar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BENZENE; DEGRADATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION KINETICS; DEGRADATION RATE COEFFICIENTS; SUPERCRITICAL BENZENE;

POLYSTYRENES;

BENZENE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DEGRADATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRESSURE; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0034332850     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0005203     Document Type: Article

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