An experimental evaluation of the behaviour of mono and polydisperse polystyrenes in Cross-Slot flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 543-550

  Hassell, D G ^a,b   Mackley, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Elongational flow; Monodisperse polystyrene

Indexed keywords

CHAIN ORIENTATION; CHAIN STRETCH; ELONGATIONAL FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXTENSIONAL FLOWS; FLOW REGIMES; INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; LINEAR ENTANGLED POLYMERS; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSE POLYSTYRENE; POLYDISPERSE POLYSTYRENE; PRINCIPAL STRESS; RELAXATION MECHANISM; STEADY STATE; STRESS PROFILE; WEISSENBERG NUMBER;

BIREFRINGENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYSTYRENES; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 67349089529     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0350-3     Document Type: Article

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