Morphology development in polystyrene/polyethylene blends during uniaxial elongational flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-70

  Heindl, Marcus ^a   Sommer, Maria Kristin ^a,b   Münstedt, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillarity number; Elongational viscosity; Morphology development; Polystyrene polyethylene blends; Uniaxial elongational flow

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 11444267726     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-004-0372-9     Document Type: Article

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