Principles of the morphogenesis of polyolefin particles

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2389-2404

  Grof, Zdeněk ^a   Kosek, Juraj ^a   Marek, Miloš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERIZATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

CATALYTIC POLYMERIZATION REACTORS; MORPHOGENENSIS MODEL; PARTICLE SHAPE; POLYOLEFIN PARTICLES;

POLYOLEFINS;

POLYOLEFIN;

EID: 18144403240     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049106j     Document Type: Article

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