Simultaneous stress and birefringence measurements during uniaxial elongation of polystyrene melts with narrow molecular weight distribution

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Luap, Clarisse ^a   Müller, Christian ^a   Schweizer, Thomas ^a   Venerus, David C ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Elongational flow; Nonlinear viscoelasticity; Polymer melt; Polystyrene; Rheo optics

Indexed keywords

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 26444473207     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0452-5     Document Type: Article

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