Letter to the editor: "Comment on 'Relationships between rheology and morphology for immiscible molten blends of polypropylene and ethylene copolymers under shear flow' " [J. Rheol. 42, 41-62 (1998)]

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1273-1276

  Vinckier, I ^a   Moldenaers, P ^a   Mewis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0004811467     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550941     Document Type: Letter

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