Prediction of vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria for polymer systems: Comparison of activity coefficient models

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-149

  Costa, G M N ^a   Dias, T ^a   Cardoso, M ^a   Guerrieri, Y ^a   Pessoa, F L P ^b   de Melo, S A B Vieira ^a   Embirucu M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity coefficient; Phase equilibria; Polymer solutions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENT; BINARY POLYMER SOLUTIONS;

POLYMER SOLUTIONS;

COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYMER SOLUTIONS;

EID: 43049095133     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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