Mathematical modeling of the poly(lactic acid) ring-opening polymerization kinetics

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-264

  Mehta, Rajeev ^a   Kumar, Vineet ^a   Upadhyay, S N ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Modeling and simulation; Poly(lactic acid); Polymerization rate constants

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; LACTIC ACID; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RATE CONSTANTS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER CHAIN;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

CHAIN LENGTH; LACTIC ACID; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; RATE CONSTANTS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 33947723509     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550601153083     Document Type: Article

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