Wall slip and melt fracture of poly(lactides)

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-369

  Othman, Norhayani ^a,b   Jazrawi, Bashar ^a   Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa ^a   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Capillary rheometry; Extensional rheology; Melt fracture; Poly(lactide); Wall slip

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859008710     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0613-7     Document Type: Article

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