Quiescent and shear-induced crystallization of polyprophylenes

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 519-535

  Derakhshandeh, Maziar ^a   Doufas, Antonios K ^b   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow induced crystallization; Halftime crystallization; Polypropylene; Quiescent crystallization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903452684     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-014-0775-1     Document Type: Article

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