Determination of molecular weight distributions of linear flexible polymers from linear viscoelastic material functions

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1797-1827

  Mead, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYMERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RHEOLOGY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VISCOELASTICITY;

DOUBLE REPTATION MIXING RULE; LINEAR FISCOELASTIC MATERIAL FUNCTIONS; MELLIN TRANSFORMS; POLYDISPERSE POLYMERIC SYSTEMS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SELF FUNCTION MONODISPERSE RELAXATION FUNCTION; SINGLE EXPONENTIAL MONODISPERSE RELAXATION FUNCTION;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0028542657     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: 15208516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550527     Document Type: Article

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