Evolution of chemistry, morphology and rheology of various polymer systems along a twin-screw extruder

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1065-1074

  Covas, José A ^a   Carneiro, Olga S ^a   Maia, João M ^a   Filipe, Susana A ^a   Machado, Ana V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Composites; Polymer blends; Process monitoring; Reactive extrusion; Twin screw extrusion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXTRUSION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RHEOLOGY;

COUNTER-ROTATING MACHINES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

CARBON FIBER; POLYMER;

BLEND; EXTRUDER; EXTRUSION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DEVICE; FLOW KINETICS; MACHINE; MORPHOLOGY; PROCESS MONITORING; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037938610     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800608     Document Type: Article

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