Kinetics of polycarbonate glycolysis in ethylene glycol

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 685-691

  Kim, Dongpil ^a   Kim, Bo Kyung ^a   Cho, Youngmin ^a   Han, Myungwan ^a   Kim, Beom Sik ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DISSOLUTION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUIDS; MONOMERS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOLS; POLYMERS;

BISPHENOL-A; FT-IR SPECTROSCOPIES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTIONS; NEW MODELS; OPERATION VARIABLES; RANDOM SCISSIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURES; REACTION TIME; WEIGHT RATIOS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 61649101965     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie8010947     Document Type: Article

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