Creep recovery of random ethylene-octene copolymer melts with varying comonomer content

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 989-999

  Patham, Bhaskar ^a   Jayaraman, Krishnamurthy ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMOMOMER CONTENT; COPOLYMER MELTS; CREEP RECOVERY;

COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

MONOMERS;

EID: 30344471802     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2008296     Document Type: Article

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