The occurrence of hexagonal phases in three monodisperse long n-alkanes at high pressures

Polymer

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5979-5984

  Hosier, I L ^a   Bassett, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hexagonal phase; High pressure; Monodisperse n alkanes

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES;

ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRESSURE;

POLYMER;

EID: 0037072862     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(02)00503-7     Document Type: Article

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