Flow-induced crystallization in polymer melts: On the correlation between nucleation and specific work

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1723-1730

  Ratajski, Ewa ^a   Janeschitz Kriegl, H ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Activated nuclei; Complementary colors; Counting technique; Melts of degraded PP; Microscopy; Pictures of high contrast; Polarization optics; Transparent rheometers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED NUCLEI; COMPLEMENTARY COLORS; COUNTING TECHNIQUE; HIGH CONTRAST; POLARIZATION OPTICS;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMER MELTS;

RHEOMETERS;

EID: 84861347152     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0688-4     Document Type: Article

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