Entropic characterization of distributive mixing in polymer processing equipment

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1637-1644

  Wang, Winston ^a   Manas Zloczower, Ica ^a   Kaufman, Miron ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRUDERS; MIXING; SCREWS;

DISTRIBUTIVE MIXING;

ENTROPY;

POLYMER;

ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MIXING; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DYNAMICS; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYMER PRODUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038487019     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490704     Document Type: Article

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