Effect of branching characteristics of ethylene/1-butene copolymers on melt flow index

Polymer Testing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-33

  Fazeli, N ^a,b   Arabi, H ^b   Bolandi, Sh ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fractionation; LLDPE; Melt flow index; Short chain branching; Short chain branching distribution

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE; FRACTIONATION; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

BRANCHING STRUCTURE; MELT FLOW INDEX (MFI); SHORT CHAIN BRANCHING; SHORT CHAIN BRANCHING DISTRIBUTION;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 31344452762     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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