Small-angle light scattering study of droplet break-up in emulsions and polymer blends

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2231-2239

  Mewis, J ^a   Yang, H ^a   Van Puyvelde, P ^a   Moldenaers, P ^a   Walker, L M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emulsions; Immiscible polymer blends; Rheo optics, dispersion; Small angle light scattering

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; INCLUSIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

RHEO OPTICS; SMALL ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING (SALS);

DROP BREAKUP;

FLOW; POLYMER; SCATTEROMETER DATA;

EID: 0032568865     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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