Rheology of particle suspensions in viscoelastic media. Wood flour-polypropylene melt

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-303

  Marcovich, Norma E ^a   Reboredo, María M ^a   Kenny, José ^b   Aranguren, Mirta I ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnologia de Materiales   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical properties; Particle concentration scaling; Polypropylene; Wood flour

Indexed keywords

POLYMER MELT; POLYPROPYLENE; RHEOLOGY; SUSPENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 2542634983     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-003-0349-0     Document Type: Article

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