Effect of concentration and degree of saturation on RESS of a CO2-soluble fluoropolymer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4976-4983

  Blasig, Andre ^a   Shi, Chunmei ^b   Enick, Robert M ^b   Thies, Mark C ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SOLUTIONS;

POLYMER PRODUCTS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUOROPOLYMER; POLY(HEPTADECAFLUORODECYL ACRYLATE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION; EQUILIBRIUM; FIBER; FLUOROPOLYMER; SATURATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIBER; LIQUID; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037009955     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0201819     Document Type: Article

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