Dewatering a superabsorbent polymer using liquefied dimethyl ether

Drying Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-35

  Kanda, Hideki ^a   Oshita, Kazuyuki ^b   Takeda, Kazuya ^b   Takaoka, Masaki ^b   Makino, Hisao ^a   Morisawa, Shinsuke ^b   Takeda, Nobuo ^c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dewatering; Dimethyl ether; Superabsorbent polymer

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING METHOD; DIMETHYL ETHERS; DISPOSABLE DIAPERS; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER;

DEWATERING; ETHERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

EID: 77950945667     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930903423814     Document Type: Article

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