Drop-on-demand drop formation of polyethylene oxide solutions

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Yan, Xuejia ^a   Carr, Wallace W ^a   Dong, Hongming ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; RELAXATION TIME; SOLUTIONS;

DEBORAH NUMBERS; DILUTE SOLUTION; FORMATION PROCESS; MOLECULAR FRACTIONS; PEO MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE (PEO); SATELLITE DROPS; VISCOSITY AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 80155192717     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3643269     Document Type: Article

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