Influence of polymer conformation on the entrance length in capillary flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 194-201

  Pérez Trejo, Leonor ^a   Méndez Sánchez, Arturo F ^a   Pérez González, José ^a   De Vargas, Lourdes ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Capillary rheometer; Entrance length; Polymer conformation; Polymer solutions; Pressure profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843103325     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00396046     Document Type: Article

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