Relationship between die swell ratio and melt flow index

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3219-3221

  Wong, A C Y ^a   Liang, J Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; SWELLING; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DIE SWELL; MELT FLOW INDEX; POLYMER MELT;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0342762039     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00115-2     Document Type: Article

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