Effect of waveforms on morphology development in chaotic mixing of polymers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2346-2358

  Sau, Madhusudan ^a   Jana, Sadhan C ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaotic mixing; Fibrillar; Immiscible polymers; Morphology; Waveforms

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; POLYAMIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; ROTORS; SIZE DETERMINATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; ROTOR MOTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

POLICAPRAM; POLYAMIDE; POLYPROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHAOS; MISCIBILITY; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG MIXTURE; EVALUATION; FIBER; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LAMELLAR BODY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; STEADY STATE; TIME; WAVEFORM;

EID: 4644233480     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10198     Document Type: Article

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