A design to study flow induced crystallization in a multipass rheometer

International Polymer Processing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-197

  Housmans, J W ^a   Balzano, L ^a   Santoro, D ^b   Peters, G W M ^a   Meijer, H E H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

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EID: 73949096296     PISSN: 0930777X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3139/217.2230     Document Type: Article

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