Evaluation of melt flow instabilities of high-density polyethylenes via an optimised method for detection and analysis of the pressure fluctuations in capillary rheometry

Applied Rheology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Filipe, Susana ^a,b,c   Becker, Alfons ^a   Barroso, Vitor C ^a,b   Wilhelm, Manfred ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BOREALIS POLYOLEFINE GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capillary rheology; Fourier transformation; Molecular topology; Polyethylenes; Sharkskin; Stick slip; Uniaxial extensional flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651166945     PISSN: 14306395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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