On the modeling assessment of thermal styrene polymerization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2246-2257

  Lopez Serrano F ^a   Puig, J E ^b   Alvarez, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cubic dependency; Differential estimation technique; Kinetic modeling; Linear decay; Thermal styrene polymerization

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

INITIATION RATES; KINETIC CONSTANTS; LINEAR DECAY;

STYRENE;

FREE RADICAL; STYRENE;

POLYMERIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS MODEL; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4243052705     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10239     Document Type: Article

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