A design of experiments study on the factors affecting variability in the melt index measurement

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-288

  Bafna, Sudhir S ^a   Beall, Ann Marie ^a  

^a Solvay Polymers Technical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Melt index; Plastics; Polyethylene; Rheology; Statistics

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MELTING; RHEOLOGY; STANDARDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE); MELT INDEX;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0031185440     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19970711)65:2<277::aid-app8>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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