Investigation of the nonlinear mixing rule for its adequacy in viscosity to molecular weight distribution transforms

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-279

  Liu, Yongming ^a   Shaw, Montgomery T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYMER BLENDS; VISCOSITY;

HOMOLOGOUS BLENDS; NONLINEAR MIXING RULE;

MIXING;

EID: 0032027701     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550953     Document Type: Article

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