Polymer-polymer mutual diffusion via rheology of coextruded multilayers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 978-985

  Zhao, Rui ^a,b   Macosko, Christopher W ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coextrusion; Immiscible polymers; Mutual diffusion; Polyethylene; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

IMMISCIBLE POLYMERS; MOBILITY PARAMETER; MUTUAL DIFFUSION; NONLINEAR INTERDIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REACTION KINETICS; VISCOSITY;

POLYETHYLENES;

DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; REACTION KINETICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34047215279     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11136     Document Type: Article

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