The rheology of polymer solution elastic strands in extensional flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 781-788

  Haward, Simon J ^a   Odell, Jeffrey A ^a   Li, Zhuo ^b   Yuan, Xue Feng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross slot; Extensional flow; Polymer solution; Rheology; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955667927     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-010-0453-x     Document Type: Article

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