Rheological behavior of blends from a linear and a long-chain branched polypropylene

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1059-1079

  Stange, Jens ^a   Uhl, Claudia ^a,b   Münstedt, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Zentrale Verfahrenstechnik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; MIXING; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

BLEND PARAMETERS; LOGARITHMIC MIXING; SHEAR RATE VISCOSITY;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 30344471207     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2008297     Document Type: Article

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