Rheological characterization of a thermally unstable bioplastic in injection molding conditions

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1915-1921

  Leroy, Eric ^a   Petit, Isabelle ^b   Audic, Jean Luc ^c   Colomines, Gaël ^b   Deterre, Rémi ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Bioplastics; Injection molding; Inline monitoring; Poly(hydroxy alkanoates); Rheology; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

BIOPLASTICS; DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; IN-LINE MONITORING; MOLDING CONDITIONS; MOLECULAR MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYVALERATE); POLY(HYDROXY-ALKANOATES); PROCESSING WINDOWS; RESIDENCE TIME; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RHEOLOGICAL DATA; THERMAL INSTABILITIES; THERMALLY UNSTABLE; THERMO-MECHANICAL DEGRADATION;

DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OLIGOMERS; PLASTICIZERS; PYROLYSIS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RHEOLOGY; SOLVENTS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 84865659757     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.03.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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