Molecular, rheological, and crystalline properties of low-density polyethylene in blown film extrusion

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1983-1991

  Majumder, Khokan Kanti ^a   Hobbs, Graham ^b   Bhattacharya, Sati N ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AMCOR Research and Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTRUSION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RHEOLOGY;

BLOWN FILM EXTRUSION; COOLING RATES; FILM CRYSTALLINITY; MELT STRENGTH;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 37649010341     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20825     Document Type: Article

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