Modeling of diffusion effects on step-growth polymerizations

Macromolecules

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 188-195

  Guzmán, Job D ^a   Pollard, Richard ^b   Schieber, Jay D ^c  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b Plug Power Inc   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION EFFECTS; DIFFUSION LIMITATIONS; HATTA NUMBER; POLYDISPERSITY INDEX;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POLYNOMIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SHEARING;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 12344330325     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma049469v     Document Type: Article

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