The viscosity reducing effects of very low concentrations of a thermotropic copolyester in a matrix of HDPE

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1944-1958

  Whitehouse, C ^a   Lu, X H ^a,c   Gao, P ^a   Chai, C K ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYESTERS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

HYDROQUINONE; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; SEBACIC ACID; THERMOTROPIC COPOLYESTER;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0031373073     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11845     Document Type: Article

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