Polymerization and characterization of PMMA: Polymer chemistry laboratory experiments for undergraduate students

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-446

  Duval Terrié, Caroline ^a   Lebrun, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXPERIMENTS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REACTION KINETICS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

METHYL METHACRYLATE MONOMER; POLYMER CHEMISTRY; TACTICITY;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33644678757     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p443     Document Type: Article

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