Correlating polymer parameters to the entire molecular weight distribution: Application to the melt index

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-278

  Nele, Márcio ^a   Latado, Andréa ^a   Pinto, José Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Melt index; Molecular weight distribution molar mass distribution; Poly(propylene); Polyolefins; Structure property relations

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYPROPYLENES;

EMPIRICAL KERNEL FUNCTION; MOLAR MASS DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS;

POLYOLEFINS;

EID: 33845585457     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: 14392054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200500348     Document Type: Article

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