Modeling of the sorption and swelling behavior of semicrystalline polymers in supercritical CO2

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1183-1200

  Bonavoglia, Barbara ^a   Storti, Giuseppe ^a   Morbidelli, Massimo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SORPTION; SWELLING;

PARAMETER EVALUATION; SANCHEZ-LACOMBE METHOD; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION FLUID THEORY (SAFT);

POLYMERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SORPTION; SWELLING;

EID: 32644435169     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050842c     Document Type: Article

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