Degree of branching of polypropylene measured from Fourier-transform rheology

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-129

  Hyun, Kyu ^a   Ahn, Kyung Hyun ^b   Lee, Seung Jong ^b   Sugimoto, Masataka ^c   Koyama, Kiyohito ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FT rheology; Medium amplitude oscillatory shear (MAOS); The slope of I3 I1

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749048970     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-006-0098-y     Document Type: Article

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