PC-SAFT equation: A predictive tool to determine experimental conditions for polymer blend demixing

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2661-2680

  Martini, Raquel E ^a   Cismondi, Martín ^b   Barbosa, Silvia ^a   Brignole, Esteban ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b PLAPIQUI UNS CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

PC SAFT; Supercritical fluids; Thermodynamic polymer predictions

Indexed keywords

DE-MIXING; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; N-ALKANES; N-HEPTANES; N-HEXANE; N-PENTANE; PC-SAFT; PC-SAFT EQUATION; PERTURBED-CHAIN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATING FLUID THEORIES; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; PROCESSING WINDOWS; TEMPERATURE REGIONS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FORECASTING; HEXANE; ISOMERS; PARAFFINS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; THERMODYNAMICS; WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

POLYMER BLENDS;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER BLEND; POLYMER SOLUTION; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; PREDICTIVE MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350564088     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390903017634     Document Type: Article

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