Quantitative analysis of melt elongational behavior of LLDPE/LDPE blends

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-218

  Wagner, Manfred H ^a   Kheirandish, Saeid ^a   Yamaguchi, Masayuki ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TOSOH CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blends; Elongational Viscosity; LDPE; Linear and Non Linear Viscoelasticity; LLDPE; Long chain branching; Molecular Stress Function; Phase Separation; Polyethylene; Thermo rheological Complexity

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 11844264814     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-004-0400-9     Document Type: Article

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