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Ab Initio Study of Free-Radical Polymerization: Polyethylene Propagation Kinetics

✍ Scribed by Karen Van Cauter; Veronique Van Speybroeck; Peter Vansteenkiste; Marie-Francoise Reyniers; Michel Waroquier

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
406 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
1439-4235

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