Prediction of the internal energy contribution of polyethylene

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 1794-1796

  Sun, Juan ^a   Yang, Xiaozhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Conformational elasticity theory; Internal energy contribution; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; FORCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0036857774     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02tb9392     Document Type: Article

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