A generalized equation for the prediction of melting temperatures of homopolymers and copolymers

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 432-442

  Kamal, Musa R ^a   Feng, Lijan ^a   Huang, Tao ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branching; Copolymer; Melting temperatures; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; ETHYLENE; MELTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUPERCOOLING;

HOMOPOLYMERS; MELTING TEMPERATURES;

COPOLYMERS;

ALKENE; CARBON; COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

MELTING POINT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141607265     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800312     Document Type: Article

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