Degradation of Polystyrene in Supercritical n-Hexane

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 854-861

  Hwang, Gyou Cheol ^a   Choi, Jung Hwan ^a   Bae, Seong Youl ^a   Kumazawa, Hidehiro ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degradation; Polystyrene; Pyrolysis; Supercritical n Hexane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035566588     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705608     Document Type: Article

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