Terminal viscous and elastic properties of linear ethene α -olefin copolymers

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 697-712

  Stadler, Florian J ^a,b   Münstedt, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Creep recovery compliance; Ethene olefin copolymer (LLDPE); Linear steady state elastic compliance Je0; Metallocene catalyst; Zero shear rate viscosity0

Indexed keywords

CREEP RESISTANCE; OLEFINS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

COMONOMERS; CREEP RECOVERY COMPLIANCE; LINEAR STEADY-STATE ELASTIC COMPLIANCE; METALLOCENE CATALYSTS; ZERO SHEAR-RATE VISCOSITY;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 43049090891     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2892039     Document Type: Article

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