Thermorheological behavior of polyethylene: A sensitive probe to molecular structure

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 559-575

  Resch, Julia A ^a,b   Keßner, Ute ^a,c   Stadler, Florian J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Senoplast Klepsch and Co GmbH   (Austria)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Molecular architecture; Polyethylene; Thermorheological complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255134599     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0575-9     Document Type: Article

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