Measurements of the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter using a series of critical binary blends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3551-3553

  Nedoma, Alisyn J ^a   Robertson, Megan L ^a   Wanakule, Nisita S ^a   Balsara, Nitash P ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY BLENDS; BLEND COMPOSITIONS; CHAIN LENGTHS; FLORY-HUGGINS INTERACTION PARAMETERS; HOMO POLYMERS; POLYBUTADIENE; POLYISOBUTYLENE; RANDOM-PHASE APPROXIMATION; SCATTERING INTENSITIES; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

BUTADIENE; DEUTERIUM; FLOW INTERACTIONS;

NEUTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 49049087327     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0710723     Document Type: Article

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