Extensional rheology of polypropylene melts from the Rheotens test

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 77-93

  Muke, S ^a   Ivanov, I ^a   Kao, N ^a   Bhattacharya, S N ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extensional rheology; Extensional viscosity; Melt strength; Polypropylene melts; Rheotens

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOMETERS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

POLYMER MELTS;

RHEOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL FLOW; POLYPROPYLENE; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035513342     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(01)00142-2     Document Type: Article

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