Coalescence in thermoplastic olefin (TPO) blends under shear flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 881-895

  Maani, Amirhossein ^a   Heuzey, Marie Claude ^a   Carreau, Pierre J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Morphology evolution; Shear induced coalescence; Thermoplastic olefin blends; Transient rheological models

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555207208     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-010-0501-6     Document Type: Article

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