Pressure-dependent viscosity and free volume of atactic and syndiotactic polystyrene

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-478

  Sorrentino, Andrea ^a   Pantani, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Effect of pressure; Free volume; Polystyrene; Rheological properties; Simha Somcynsky (S S) equation

Indexed keywords

ATACTIC; CAPILLARY RHEOMETER; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW PROPERTIES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH SHEAR RATE; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; PRESSURE DEPENDENT VISCOSITY; PRESSURE-VOLUME-TEMPERATURES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR-RATE; SIMHA-SOMCYNSKY; SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENES;

ALGEBRA; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FREE VOLUME; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 67349234911     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0348-x     Document Type: Article

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