Heat treatment of synthetic polymers as CaCO3 inhibitors - Part I

Materials Performance

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 46-48

  Amjad, Zahid ^a   Zuhl, Robert W ^a  

^a Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATES; POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; POLYMERIC INHIBITORS; SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HEAT TREATMENT; MONOMERS; POLYMERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 39149084994     PISSN: 00941492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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