Melt strength and film bubble instability of LLDPE/LDPE blends

Polymer International

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 461-466

  Field, Graham J ^a   Micic, Predrag ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Sati N ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Orica Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blown film extrusion; Bubble instability; Linear low density polyethylene; Melt strength; Miscibility; Polyethylene blends

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000647326     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0126(199906)48:6<461::AID-PI169>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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