The effect of long chain branches on the shear flow behavior of polyethylene

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 203-210

  Wood Adams, Paula M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENE; SHEAR THINNING; SHEAR VISCOSITY;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0034817890     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1332785     Document Type: Article

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