Dynamic modeling and experimental validation of the MMA cell-cast process for plastic sheet production

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 8539-8553

  Rivera Toledo, Martín ^a,b   García Crispín, Luis E ^a   Flores Tlacuahuac, Antonio ^a   Vílchis Ramírez, Leopoldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO EN ELECTROQUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASTIC SHEETS; POLYMERIZATION;

CELL-CAST PROCESS; DYNAMIC MODELING; SHEET MOLDING;

PLASTICS MOLDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASTIC SHEETS; PLASTICS MOLDING; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 33846115642     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060206u     Document Type: Article

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