Numerical simulations of macromolecular syntheses in micro-mixers: Towards a better control of the polymerization

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, 2005

Volumn PART B, Issue , 2005, Pages 391-396

  Serra, Christophe ^a   Sary, Nicolas ^a   Schlatter, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; MACROMOLECULES; MIXING; MONOMERS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; STYRENE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHESIS; MICRO-MIXERS; POLYDISPERSITY;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 27744461641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2005-75044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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