Dynamics of molecular weight distributions for polymer scission

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2539-2547

  Mehta, Khamir ^a   Madras, Giridhar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS (MWD);

POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GAMMA RADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POPULATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THEORY;

EID: 0037707555     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690471116     Document Type: Article

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