Spontaneous polymerization and chain microstructure evolution in high-temperature solution polymerization of n-butyl acrylate

Polymer

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1423-1435

  Rantow, Felix S ^a   Soroush, Masoud ^a   Grady, Michael C ^b   Kalfas, Georgios A ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

High temperature free radical polymerization; Mathematical modeling; Spontaneous polymerization

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONOMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYMERIZATION; XYLENE;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; N-BUTYL ACRYLATE (NBA); SPONTANEOUS POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL INITIATORS;

ESTERS;

POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 32044462959     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2005.12.038     Document Type: Article

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