New Pressure-Decay Techniques to Study Gas Sorption and Diffusion in Polymers at Elevated Pressures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1537-1542

  Davis, Peter K ^a   Lundy, Gregory D ^a   Palamara, John E ^a   Duda, J Larry ^a   Danner, Ronald P ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MASS TRANSPORT; VOLUMETRIC SORPTION;

SORPTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHYLENE; NITROGEN; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

POLYMER; SORPTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DENSITY; GAS ANALYSIS; MASS; PRESSURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1542268233     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie034075y     Document Type: Article

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