Interfacial tension reduction and coalescence suppression in compatibilized polymer blends

AIChE Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 887-895

  Lepers, Jean Christophe ^a   Favis, Basil D ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COALESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; PROPYLENE; SURFACE TENSION;

BREAKING THREAD TECHNIQUE; COALESCENCE SUPPRESSION; COMPATIBILIZED POLYMER BLENDS; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMER; INTERFACIAL TENSION REDUCTION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

ARTICLE; EMULSION; FLOW KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MISCIBILITY; POLYMERIZATION; TENSION;

EID: 0033119523     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690450419     Document Type: Article

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