Interactive effect of oxygen diffusion and volatiles advection on transient thermal degradation of poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA)

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-650

  Kashani, Arash ^a   Esfahani, Javad Abolfazli ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIFFUSION; GASIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS;

IN-DEPTH ABSORPTION; OXIDATIVE DECOMPOSITION; TRANSIENT THERMAL DEGRADATION;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

EID: 43049096439     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-007-0293-0     Document Type: Article

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