Measurement of pressure coefficient of melt viscosity: Drag flow versus capillary flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1023-1038

  Park, Hee Eon ^a   Lim, Sung Taek ^a,c   Laun, Hans Martin ^b   Dealy, John M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c Samsung Electro Mechanics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capilla ryrheometer; Counter pressure nitrogen capillary rheometer; P MSAN; Piston capillary rheometer with throttle; Polymer melt; Pressure coefficient; PVT data; Sliding plate rheometer; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; DRAG; FLOW RATE; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 56549120528     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0296-x     Document Type: Article

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