Crystallization of an ethylene-based butene plastomer: The effect of uniaxial extension

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 931-939

  Sentmanat, Martin ^a   Delgadillo Velázquez, Omar ^b   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^b  

^a Xpansion Instruments   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double peak in DSC; Ethylene based butene plastomer; Extensional flow; Flow induced crystallization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956171860     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-010-0461-x     Document Type: Article

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