A tool for rapid quenching of elongated polymer melts

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 913-919

  Handge, Ulrich A ^a   Schmidheiny, Werner ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extensional rheology; Flow birefringence; Polystyrene; Rapid quenching

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID NITROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FLOWS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYSTYRENES; RAPID QUENCHING; RHEOMETERS;

EID: 34548147039     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-007-0174-y     Document Type: Article

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