Implications of melt compatibility/incompatibility on thermal and mechanical properties of metallocene and Ziegler-Natta linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) blends with high density polyethylene (HDPE): Influence of composition distribution and branch content of LLDPE

Polymer International

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1327-1335

  Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Branch content; Composition distribution; DSC; HDPE; LLDPE; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MELTING; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; SOLUBILITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTION; LOW DENSITY; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS;

COMPOSITION;

POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 4143062621     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1528     Document Type: Article

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