Melt rheology of long-chain-branched polypropylenes

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-44

  Sugimoto, Masataka ^a   Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a   Hyun, Kyu ^b   Ahn, Kyung Hyun ^b   Ushioda, Tsutomu ^c   Nishioka, Akihiro ^a   Taniguchi, Takashi ^a   Koyama, Kiyohito ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diene propylene copolymer; LAOS; Long chain branch; MALLS; Step shear stress relaxation; Strain hardening

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749054411     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0065-z     Document Type: Article

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