Recoverable deformation and morphology after uniaxial elongation of a polystyrene/linear low density polyethylene blend

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1197-1209

  Handge, Ulrich A ^a   Okamoto, Kenzo ^b   Münstedt, Helmut ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effective medium approximation; Morphology development during recovery; PS LLDPE blend; Recoverable strain after uniaxial elongation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEFORMATION; ELONGATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 37249020084     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-007-0208-5     Document Type: Article

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