Computational rheology of carbonaceous mesophases

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1257-1261

  Grecov, Dana ^a   Rey, Alejandro D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Mesophase pitch; C. Modeling; D. Rheology; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; RHEOLOGY; TEXTURES;

CARBONACEOUS MESOPHASES; COMPUTATIONAL RHEOLOGY; MOLAR MASS; SHEAR PACKAGING;

CARBON;

EID: 2342523251     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.01.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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