Enhancement of strain-hardening by thermo-oxidative degradation of low-density polyethylene

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 519-535

  Rolón Garrido, Víctor H ^a   Luo, Jinji ^a   Wagner, Manfred H ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elongational flow; Low density polyethylene; MSF model; Polymer melts; Rheology; Shear flow; Strain hardening; Thermal degradation; Thermo oxidative degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255123736     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0559-9     Document Type: Article

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