Rheological behaviour of nano-composites based on polyamide 6 under shear and elongational flow at high strain rates

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-88

  Baldi, Francesco ^a   Franceschini, Anika ^a   Bignotti, Fabio ^a   Tieghi, Giuseppe ^b   Riccò, Theonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillary rheometry; Melt spinning experiments; Nanocomposites; Organo clay; Polyamide 6 (PA6)

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NYLON POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58149204229     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0315-y     Document Type: Article

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