Density-functional theory for polymer-carbon dioxide mixtures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3832-3840

  Xu, Xiaofei ^a   Cristancho, Diego E ^b   Costeux, Stéphane ^b   Wang, Zhen Gang ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EQUATIONS OF STATE; ESTERS; FREE ENERGY; MIXTURES; POLYMERS;

ASSOCIATION ENERGIES; FUNDAMENTAL MEASURE THEORIES; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL TENSION VALUES; INTERMEDIATE PRESSURES; MEAN FIELD APPROACH; PENG-ROBINSON EQUATION OF STATE; STATISTICAL ASSOCIATING FLUID THEORY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84862019222     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2029267     Document Type: Article

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