Tubing extrusion of a fluoropolymer melt

International Polymer Processing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-269

  Mitsoulis, E ^a   Hatzikiriakos, S G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW BEHAVIOURS; FLOW CURVES; FLUOROPOLYMER; SLIP MODEL; VISCOELASTIC EFFECTS; VISCOUS MODELS;

COATINGS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TUBING;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 84860994384     PISSN: 0930777X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3139/217.2534     Document Type: Article

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