Kinetics of degradation of polycarbonate in supercritical and subcritical benzene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5337-5340

  Sivalingam, G ^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; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

RATE COEFFICIENTS;

POLYCARBONATES;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCARBONATE;

BENZENE; DEGRADATION; KINETICS; POLYCARBONATE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ENERGY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME;

EID: 0037202164     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020444z     Document Type: Article

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