Measurement and prediction of CO2-induced viscosity reduction of polypropylene

Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 739-745

  Nagata, Takefumi ^a   Areerat, Surat ^a   Ohshima, Masahiro ^a   Tanigaki, Masataka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capillary rheometer; CO2; Free volume theory; Polypropylene; Shear viscosity

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; RHEOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0036870345     PISSN: 0386216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.28.739     Document Type: Article

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