Reliably estimating bare chi from compressible blends in the grand canonical ensemble

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1846-1858

  Rane, Sagar S ^a   Gujrati, P D ^a,b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare chi; Chi parameter; Ensemble; Equation of state; Isotopic polymer mixtures; Lattice theories; Light scattering; Polymer thermodynamics; Polyolefin blends; Small angle neutron scattering; Thermodynamic interactions

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPRESSIBILITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIXTURES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYOLEFINS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ENSEMBLE; ISOTOPIC POLYMER MIXTURES; LATTICE THEORIES; POLYMER THERMODYNAMICS; POLYOLEFIN CHI; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 20344366270     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2005.02.038     Document Type: Article

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