Solubility of ethylene in the presence of hydrogen in process solvents under polymerization conditions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8940-8946

  Sivalingam, G ^a   Natarajan, V ^a   Sarma, K R ^a   Parasuveera, U ^a  

^a RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; FREE VOLUME; HEXANE; HYDROGEN; METALLIC GLASS; MONOMERS; NONMETALS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

CARBON NUMBERS; EQUATION OF STATES; ETHYLENE SOLUBILITIES; EXTENT OF REACTIONS; GAS LIQUIDS; HEAT DUTIES; HILDEBRAND MODELS; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; IN PROCESSES; INCREASE IN PRESSURES; LIQUID ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; MOLAR VOLUMES; POLYMERIZATION CONDITIONS; PROCESS CONDITIONS; PROCESS PRESSURES; REACTION TEMPERATURES; SLURRY POLYMERIZATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS;

ETHYLENE;

EID: 57249116345     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801236m     Document Type: Article

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