Two-step process for continuous polymerization of polylactic acid

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 474-484

  Okamoto, Naruyasu ^a   Matsuo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polylactic acid; Ring opening polymerization; Yellowing

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SULFATE MINERALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WEIGHING;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; BENCH SCALE; CATALYST ADDITION; CONTINUOUS POLYMERIZATION; CONVERSION RATIOS; MEASURED VALUES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POLY-LACTIC ACID (PLA); POLYMERIZATION TEMPERATURES; POLYMERIZATION TIME; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION (ROP); RUNAWAY REACTIONS; TWO STEP PROCESSES; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 46149123707     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.07WE139     Document Type: Article

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