Process monitoring of polymer melts using in-line spectroscopy

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-465

  Barnes, S E ^a   Sibley, M G ^a   Edwards, H G M ^a   Coates, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

extrusion; in line; polymers; process monitoring; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYMERS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM NEAR INFRARED; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; IN-LINE SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 46349102816     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142331207084336     Document Type: Article

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