Photocatalytic and thermal degradation of poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(butyl acrylate), and their copolymers

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1712-1718

  Konaganti, Vinod Kumar ^a   Madras, Giridhar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ESTERS; GELATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PERMEATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BUTYL ACRYLATES; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; DEGRADATION MECHANISMS; DEGRADATION RATES; DEGUSSA; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GEL-PERMEATION-CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETIC MODELS; MOLE PERCENTAGES; NANO-TITANIA; O-DICHLOROBENZENE; OZAWA METHODS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-CATALYTIC DEGRADATIONS; POLIES (BUTYL ACRYLATE); POLIES (METHYLMETHACRYLATE); RATE COEFFICIENTS; REACTION TIME; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL STABILITIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 61849147338     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801646y     Document Type: Article

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