Eliminating sharkskin distortion in polyethylene extrusion via a molecular route

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 855-873

  Vega, Juan F ^a   Expósito, M Teresa ^a   Otegui, Jon ^a   Martínez Salazar, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blends; Extrusion; Polyethylene; Sharkskin

Indexed keywords

BLEND COMPOSITION; BLENDS; EXTRUDATES; FLOW CURVES; LINEAR RHEOLOGY; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; MACROMOLECULAR NETWORKS; METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENE; MODEL-BASED OPC; OVERLAP CONCENTRATION; PURE MATERIALS; REPTATION; SHARKSKIN;

EXTRUSION; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANOMETALLICS; THERMOPLASTICS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 79958131471     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3589798     Document Type: Article

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