Identification of rheological and structural characteristics of foamable poly(ethylene terephthalate) by reactive extrusion

Polymer International

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1161-1168

  Xanthos, M ^a   Wan, C ^a   Dhavalikar, R ^a   Karayannidis, G P ^b   Bikiaris, D N ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chain extension; Modification; Polyesters; Rheology; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

DIES; EXTRUSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; MELT STRENGTH;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EXTRUSION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 3342985869     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1526     Document Type: Article

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