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Original Articles

A Comprehensive Simulator/Database Package for Reviewing Free-Radical Homopolymerizations

J. Gao Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
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A. Penlidis Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
Pages 199-404 | Published online: 23 Sep 2006

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