Rheological properties of branched polystyrenes: Nonlinear shear and extensional behavior

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 717-727

  Hepperle, Jens ^a,b   Münstedt, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damping function in shear and elongation; Elongational viscosity; Entanglements; Graft polystyrenes; Long chain branching; Shear and elongational viscosity; Strain hardening

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN HARDENING; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33745833004     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0031-9     Document Type: Article

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