Thermoplastic Melt Rheology and Processing

Presents rheological data on a number of polymers, making use of the master curve approach to determine unified curves for each generic type of polymer. The text offers a step-by-step procedure for developing a speadsheet computer program to obtain accurate thermoplastic rheograms at any tempertature without using sophisticated rheometres. It inclu

Fundamentals of polymer melt rheology; rheometers for polymer melt characterization; from melt flow index to rheogram; upgradation and extensions of the unification technique; rheological models for unified curves; MFI123 - a spreadsheet program for viscosity versus sheer rate curves from master rheograms; from master rheograms to processing parameters; MFI correlations with other parameters.