Rheological study of heterogeneities in melt blends of ZN-LLDPE and LDPE: Influence of Mw and comonomer type, and implications for miscibility

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 602-614

  Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A ^a,b   Williams, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Comonomer; Dynamic and steady shear viscosity; Melt blend; Miscibility; Molecular weight; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

MELTING; MISCIBILITY; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 8844282784     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-004-0356-9     Document Type: Article

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