Properties of blends of linearand branched polypropylenes in film blowing

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-14

  Fang, Yunli ^a   Sadeghi, Farhad ^a   Fleuret, Guillaume ^a   Carreau, Pierre J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blown film; Elongational viscosity; Linear branched polypropylene; Mechanical properties; Processability

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); POLYMER BLENDS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING;

BLOWN FILM; ELONGATIONAL VISCOSITY; TRANSVERSE DIRECTION (TD);

POLYPROPYLENES;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING;

EID: 42449158452     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20011     Document Type: Article

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