Modeling the copolymerization of methyl methacrylate/α-methyl styrene at elevated temperatures using Java™

Polymer Reaction Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-77

  Badeen, C ^a   Dube M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha methyl styrene; Copolymerization; Java; Methyl methacrylate; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; REACTION KINETICS;

DEPROPAGATION EFFECTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0037280564     PISSN: 10543414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PRE-120018585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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