Calculated phase diagrams for cellulose/ammonia/ammonium thiocyanate solutions in comparison to experimental results

Cellulose

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-63

  Frey, Margaret W ^a   Theil, Michael H ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonium thiocyanate; Cellulose; Lattice theory; Phase diagram

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS;

LATTICE THEORY; SOLVENT COMPOSITION;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 1642488898     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CELL.0000014771.69377.3d     Document Type: Article

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