A study of the rheological behavior of high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane solutions

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1286-1292

  Harris, Tequila A L ^a   Walczyk, Daniel ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane; Modeling; Rheology; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CARREAU; EMPIRICAL MODELS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE POLYMERS; INHERENT VISCOSITIES; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE SOLUTIONS; MEMBRANE SYNTHESIS; MODELING; NON NEWTONIANS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SHEAR STRAIN RATES; STRONG CORRELATIONS; TIME-TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITIONS; VISCOSITY BEHAVIORS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLASTICITY; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

MEMBRANES;

ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMER PROPERTY; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 59649117611     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.29166     Document Type: Article

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