Thermal decomposition and hydrolysis of polyacrylamide-co-tert-butyl acrylate

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1225-1237

  Al Muntasheri, Ghaithan A ^a,b   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^c   Peters, Joop A ^a   Zitha, Pacelli L J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Saudi Arabian Oil Company   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Ester hydrolysis; NMR; PAtBA; Water shut off

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMIDES; BUTENES; ESTERS; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

COPOLYMER CHAINS; ESTER HYDROLYSIS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 41149086583     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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