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Pyrolysis of Low and High Density Polyethylene. Part I: Non-isothermal Pyrolysis Kinetics

İ. Kayacan Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and Clean Energy Research and Application Center, (TEMENAR), Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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Ö. M. Doğan Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and Clean Energy Research and Application Center, (TEMENAR), Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Pages 385-391 | Published online: 05 Feb 2008

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