Determination of the elongational viscosity of polymer melts by melt spinning experiments. A comparison with different experimental techniques

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 965-978

  Baldi, Francesco ^a   Franceschini, Anika ^a   Riccò, Theonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillary rheometer; Converging flow; Elongational viscosity; High density polyethylene (HDPE); Melt spinning experiments

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MELT SPINNING; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMER MELTS; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34548148961     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-007-0181-z     Document Type: Article

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