Thermodynamics of polymer solutions

Handbook of Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 683-748

  Kontogeorgis, Georgios M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420040944     Document Type: Chapter

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