Demixing of polypropylene/polystyrene blends by near-critical selective solubilization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3393-3399

  Martini, Raquel E ^a   Barbosa, Silvia ^a   Brignole, Esteban ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; SEPARATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

BLEND COMPOSITIONS; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; DEMIXING; HIGH-PRESSURE NEAR-CRITICAL SOLVENTS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

BINARY MIXTURES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; SEPARATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33744529928     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050715g     Document Type: Article

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