Interfacial phenomena in the capillary extrusion of metallocene polyethylenes

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1299-1316

  Hatzikiriakos, Sawas G ^a   Kazatchkov, Igor B ^a   Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

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EID: 0000942162     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550836     Document Type: Article

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