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Thermo sensitive behavior of cellulose derivatives in dilute aqueous solutions: from macroscopic to mesoscopic scale
Mohamed Fettaka1, Rachid Issaadi, Nadji Moulai-Mostefa
1Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Faculté des sciences de l'ingénieur, Université Saad Dahlab, BP 270 Blida, Algeria.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
|March 15, 2011
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Thermal behaviors of thermo sensitive hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), methyl cellulose (MC) and methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose (MHPC) solutions have been investigated in dilute regime of concentration (C
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