Rheological responses and morphology of polylactide/linear low density polyethylene blends produced by different mixing type

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1035-1039

  Jiang, Guo ^a   Huang, Han Xiong ^a   Chen, Zhao Ke ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Linear low density polyethylene; Mixing; Morphology; Polylactide; Rheological responses

Indexed keywords

CO-CONTINUOUS MORPHOLOGY; HIGH SHEAR; LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE BLEND; MATRIX; POLY LACTIDE; POLYLACTIDES; RHEOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SINGLE SCREW;

LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOPLASTICS;

MIXING;

EID: 79960692779     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2011.557822     Document Type: Article

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