Effect of long chain branching on rheological properties of metallocene polyethylene

Polymer

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1737-1744

  Yan, D ^a   Wang, W J ^a   Zhu, S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long chain branching; Metallocene polyethylene; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENE; SHEAR THINNING;

METALLORGANIC POLYMERS;

METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FLOW; MECHANICAL TESTING; POLYETHYLENE; RHEOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; FLOW KINETICS; MELTING POINT; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0033102520     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00318-8     Document Type: Article

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