Microwave energy assisted synthesis of poly lactic acid via continuous reactive extrusion: modelling of reaction kinetics

RSC Advances

Volumn 7, Issue 30, 2017, Pages 18529-18538

  Dubey, Satya P ^a   Abhyankar, Hrushikesh A ^a   Marchante, Veronica ^a   Brighton, James L ^a   Bergmann, Björn ^b   Trinh, Giang ^c   David, Chantal ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY ICT   (Germany)

^c Sciences Computers Consultants   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXTRUSION; LACTIC ACID; MANUFACTURE; MONOMERS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; TIN;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CONVENTIONAL METALS; MICROWAVE ENERGIES; MICROWAVE GENERATORS; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTIVE EXTRUSIONS; SIMULATED RESULTS;

RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 85016479338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra26514f     Document Type: Article

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