Dependence of the average size of particles formed during steady mixing on their concentration in immiscible polymer blends

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 662-673

  Fortelný, Ivan ^a   Dimzoski, Bojan ^a   Michálková, Danuše ^a   Mikešová, Jana ^a   Kaprálková, Ludmila ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

blends; coalescence; droplet breakup; mixing; morphology

Indexed keywords

BLENDS; DROPLET BREAKUP; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE RUBBER; IMMISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THEORY OF DYNAMICS; ZERO CONCENTRATION;

COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; MORPHOLOGY;

MIXING;

EID: 84876892477     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2012.720176     Document Type: Article

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