Cone-partitioned-plate geometry for the ARES rheometer with temperature control

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1167-1186

  Snijkers, Frank ^a   Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ARES; Cone partitioned plate; Edge fracture; Nonlinear start up shear rheology; Polymer melt; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

ARES; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; CONE-AND-PLATE GEOMETRY; CONE-PARTITIONED-PLATE; COX-MERZ RULES; EDGE FRACTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW PROPERTIES; HIGH RATE; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSE LINEAR POLYMERS; MONODISPERSE POLYMERS; NITROGEN ENVIRONMENT; SHEAR MEASUREMENTS; SMALL SAMPLES; START-UPS; STRESS OVERSHOOT; WEISSENBERG NUMBER;

FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 80054054847     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3625559     Document Type: Review

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