Disentanglement of polymer melts flowing through porous medium before entering a capillary die

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1307-1323

  Goutille, Yannick ^a   Guillet, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; CAPILLARITY; FILTRATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; RUBBER; STYRENE;

POLYMER MELTS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0036869947     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1501926     Document Type: Article

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