Correlating polymer resin and end-use properties to molecular-weight distribution

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2609-2618

  Hinchliffe, Mark ^a   Montague, Gary ^a   Willis, Mark ^a   Burke, Annette ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

DUAL REACTOR SOLUTION;

RESINS;

ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; MONOMER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; RESIN;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMER; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; RESIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; REACTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142122576     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690491014     Document Type: Article

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