Rheo-optical measurements of the first and third normal stresses of homopolymer poly(vinyl methyl ether) melt

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 951-958

  Kulkarni, Ajay ^a   Kharchenko, Semen ^a,b   Kannan, Rangaramanujam M ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b Masco R and D   (United States)

Author keywords

First and third normal stress difference; Poly(vinyl methyl ether); Rheo optics; Stress optic coefficient

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; OPTICAL FLOWS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLYETHERS; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33747506901     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0072-0     Document Type: Article

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