Reactive melt processing of polyethylene: Effect of peroxide action on polymer structure, melt rheology and relaxation behaviour

Polymer

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 6175-6180

  Ghosh, Premamoy ^a   Dev, Debaprasad ^a   Chakrabarti, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Crosslinking of polyethylene; Peroxide action on polyethylene melt; Reactive processing

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; MELTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEROXIDES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOUS FLOW;

PSEUDOPLASTIC FLOW;

POLYETHYLENES;

MELTING; MIXING; POLYETHYLENE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0031455309     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(97)00164-X     Document Type: Article

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