Minimum branch content for detection of liquid-liquid phase separation, using indirect techniques, in blends of polyethylene with ethylene-octene and ethylene-butene copolymers

Polymer

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3003-3009

  Hill, Mary J ^a   Morgan, Robert L ^a   Barham, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Limit of detection; Phase separation; Polyethylene blends

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MONOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYBUTENES; POLYETHYLENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DETECTION LIMITS; LIQUID LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION; POLYOCTENE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0031164171     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(96)00871-3     Document Type: Article

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