Necking in extrusion film casting: The role of macromolecular architecture

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 559-583

  Pol, Harshawardhan V ^a   Thete, Sumeet S ^b   Doshi, Pankaj ^a   Lele, Ashish K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched; Extrusion; Film; Linear; Necking; Polydispersity; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED; BRANCHED POLYMER; BROAD MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; CHAIN ARCHITECTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FILM CASTING; FILMS AND COATINGS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LINEAR; LINEAR ENTANGLED POLYMERS; LINEAR POLYMER MELTS; LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; LONG CHAINS; MACROMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; MACROMOLECULAR CHAIN; MULTIMODES; NECKING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW MODELS; SALIENT FEATURES;

ARCHITECTURE; EXTRUSION; FILMS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER MELTS; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84873597888     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4788911     Document Type: Article

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