Influence of the flow history on stress growth and structure changes in the thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer Vectra B950

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-95

  Beekmans, Fred ^a,b   Gotsis, Alexandras D ^a   Norder, Ben ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic moduli; Orientation; Rheology; Structure; Thermotropic LCP; Transients; Vectra B950

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006277223     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00366726     Document Type: Article

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