Irreversibility of solvent swelling of b
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Masaharu Nishioka
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Article
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1993
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Solvent-induced swelling has been used to characterize the macromolecular nature of bituminous coal. It is necessary to prove the reversibility of coal swelling in order to apply the statistical theory of rubber elasticity. Although such reversibility has been reported, there is little reliable evid