Coating kinetics of fluoropolymer processing aids for sharkskin elimination: The role of droplet size

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 22-31

  Bigio, D ^a   Meillon, M G ^a   Kharchenko, S B ^b   Morgan, D ^a   Zhou, H ^c   Oriani, S R ^d   Macosko, C W ^c   Migler, Kalman B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d DuPont Performance Elastomers LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blend; Coating; Domain size; Extrusion; Polyethylene; Sharkskin

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION DIES; FRACTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; REACTION KINETICS;

COATING KINETICS; DOMAIN SIZE; FLUOROPOLYMER PROCESSING AIDS (PPA); SHARKSKIN;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 28244461572     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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