A parameter investigation of shear-induced coalescence in semidilute PIB-PDMS polymer blends: Effects of shear rate, shear stress volume fraction, and viscosity

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-512

  Caserta, Sergio ^a   Simeone, Marino ^a   Guido, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Image Analysis; Morphology; Optical microscopy; Polymer blends; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER BLENDS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 33745170338     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-006-0087-1     Document Type: Article

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