Quantitative NMR velocity imaging of a main-chain liquid crystalline polymer flowing through an abrupt contraction

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Gentzler, Micheal ^a,b   Song, Yi Q ^a,c   Muller, Susan J ^a   Reimer, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction flow; Liquid crystalline polymer; NMR velocity imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION; FLOW; POLYMER; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034107150     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003970050001     Document Type: Article

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