Competition between chain scission and branching formation in the processing of high-density polyethylene: Effect of processing parameters and of stabilizers

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1316-1325

  Scaffaro, R ^a   La Mantia, F P ^a   Botta, L ^a   Morreale, M ^a   Dintcheva, N Tz ^a   Mariani, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Polimeri Europa SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MIXING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES;

BATCH MIXERS; CHAIN BRANCHING; CHAIN SCISSION; HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LOWS-TEMPERATURES; MACROMOLECULAR CHAIN; MIXING SPEED; PROCESSING CONDITION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; STABILISER;

CROSSLINKING;

EID: 67650818301     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21317     Document Type: Article

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