Extensional viscosity for polymer melts measured in the filament stretching rheometer

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 429-441

  Bach, Anders ^a   Rasmussen, Henrik Koblitz ^a   Hassager, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MELTING; RHEOMETERS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0038004139     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1545072     Document Type: Article

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