Suspension-like hardening behavior of HDPE and time-hardening superposition

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-109

  Roozemond, Peter C ^a   Janssens, Vincent ^b   van Puyvelde, Peter ^b   Peters, Gerrit W M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Polyethylene; Polymer crystallization; Rheology; Suspension models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856209015     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0570-1     Document Type: Article

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