Creep recovery behavior of metallocene linear low-density polyethylenes

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 393-403

  Gabriel, Claus ^a   Münstedt, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical composition distribution; Creep recovery; Flow activation energy; Metallocene linear low density polyethylene; Short and long chain branching

Indexed keywords

CREEP; POLYETHYLENE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0343851063     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003970050190     Document Type: Article

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