Experimental study and modeling of nylon polycondensation in the melt phase

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2946-2959

  Schaffer, Mark A ^a   McAuley, Kimberley B ^a   Cunningham, Michael F ^a   Marchildon, E Keith ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b E I du Pont Canada Company   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCONDENSATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT;

NYLON POLYMERS;

AMINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NYLON; POLYMER; WATER;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELTING POINT; POLYMERIZATION; REACTOR; SOLUBILITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037635209     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie021029+     Document Type: Article

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