The Couette configuration of the Los Alamos neutron science center neutron rheometer for the investigation of polymers in the bulk via small-angle neutron scattering

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Yearley, Eric J ^a   Sasa, Leslie A ^a,b   Welch, Cynthia F ^c   Taylor, Mark A ^a   Kupcho, Kevin M ^a,d   Gilbertson, Robert D ^c   Hjelm, Rex P ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INTELLIGENT ENERGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUETTE; COUETTE GEOMETRY; CURRENT THEORIES; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HIGH TORQUE; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; LINEAR POLYMERS; MELT FLOW; NEUTRON SCIENCE; NEW DESIGN; OPTICAL CONFIGURATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; POLYSTYRENE MELTS; SHEAR RATES; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

DESIGN; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; INERT GASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYMER MELTS; POLYSTYRENES; RECREATION CENTERS; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 77952371010     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3374121     Document Type: Article

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