Coalescence in quiescent polymer blends with a high content of the dispersed phase

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1230-1240

  Fortelny I ^a   Juza J ^a   Dimzoski, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Ethylene propylene rubber; Molecular forces; Polymer blends; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE TIME; DISPERSED PHASE; EFFECTIVE DROPLET RADII; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE RUBBER; HIGH RATE; HIGH-CONTENT; INTER-DROPLET DISTANCE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; LOW RATES; MOLECULAR FORCES; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SPHERICAL SHAPE; TIME DEPENDENT;

DROP BREAKUP; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 84862880128     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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