Rheological and crystallisation behaviour of high melt strength polypropylene under gas-loading

Polymer

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1537-1545

  Raps, Daniel ^a   Köppl, Thomas ^a   De Anda, Agustin Rios ^a   Altstädt, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallisation; Foaming; Rheology

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; GASES; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; RUNWAY FOAMING;

CO2 CONCENTRATION; CRYSTALLISATION BEHAVIOURS; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; EXPONENTIAL CORRELATION; GAS CONCENTRATION; HIGH MELT STRENGTHS; PROCESSING CONDITION; SATURATION PRESSURE;

LOADING;

EID: 84896401646     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.01.036     Document Type: Article

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