Screen LibraryPolymer melt rheology : a guide for industrial practice /
This book explores the ways in which melt flow behaviour can be exploited by the plastics engineer and technician for increased efficiency of processing operation, control of end product properties and selection and development of polymers for specific purposes. (reissued with minor corrections 1994...
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Woodhead Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, England : |
| Publication Dates: | 1994. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781855731981 |
| Summary: |
This book explores the ways in which melt flow behaviour can be exploited by the plastics engineer and technician for increased efficiency of processing operation, control of end product properties and selection and development of polymers for specific purposes. (reissued with minor corrections 1994). |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 178 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: |
9780857092984 0857092987 |
| Index Number: | TP1150 |
| CLC: | O631.2 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Polymer Melt Rheology: A Guide for Industrial Practice; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Notation; Introduction; Chapter 1. Fundamental Concepts; 1.1 RHEOLOGY; 1.2 THERMAL AND THERMODYNAMIC RESPONSE; 1.3 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGE; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Rheometry for polymer melts; 2.1 RHEOMETERS CAPABLE OF PRECISE MEASUREMENT; 2.2 MEASUREMENT OF APPARENT RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES BY CAPILLARY FLOW; 2.3 PROCESS SIMULATORS; 2.4 PRIORITIES AND COSTS FOR SETTING UP A PLASTICS PROCESSING RHEOLOGY LABORATORY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Physical Features and Flow. 3.1 TEMPERATURE AND RHEOLOGY3.2 PRESSURE EFFECTS; 3.3 DEPENDENCE OF RHEOLOGY ON TIME; 3.4 STRESS; 3.5 DEFORMATION GEOMETRY AND RHEOLOGY; 3.6 FLOWS HAVING COMPLEX GEOMETRY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Rheology and Structure; 4.1 CHAIN STIFFNESS AND CONFORMATION; 4.2 CHAIN LENGTH AND LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; 4.3 CHAIN BRANCHING; 4.4 MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE IN MELTS; 4.5 BLENDS, FILLERS, PLASTICISERS AND LUBRICANTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Adventitious Flow Phenomena; 5.1 PLASTICISATION; 5.2 CHEMICAL CHANGE; 5.3 INSTABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH A CHANGE IN VISCOSITY; 5.4 INSTABILITIES IN HETROGENEOUS SYSTEMS. 5.5 MELT ELASTICITY5.6 MELT MEMORY; 5.7 MEMORY IN STRUCTURED MATERIALS; 5.8 CRYSTALLISATION EFFECTS; 5.9 THERMALLY INDUCED INSTABILITIES; 5.10 NON-LAMINAR FLOW; 5.11 DIE EXIT INSTABILITIES; 5.12 COEXTRUSION INSTABILITIES; 5.13 STRETCHING FLOW INSTABILITIES; 5.14 PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH SOLIDIFICATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Rheology in Polymer Processing; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 LOW FLOW PROCESSES; 6.3 MIXING PROCESSES; 6.4 CONSTRAINED FLOWS; 6.5 FREE SURFACE FLOWS; 6.6 BULK DEFORMATIONS; 6.7 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Future Developments in Polymer Rheology; REFERENCE. Appendix 1. Additional Sources of Error in Capillary Viscometry1 The Velocity Profile in tbe Die; 2 Slip at the Die Wall; 3 Pressure and Temperature Effects; 4 Shear Modification Effects; 5 Non-laminar Flow; REFERENCES; Appendix 2. Interpretation of Extensional Viscosity from Flow through an Orifice Die; Appendix 3. The Inference of Elastic Modulus from Post-extrusion Swelling; Appendix 4. Rupture Behaviour; Appendix 5. Data Sheet for Capillary Flow; Appendix 6. Comparison of the Rheological Properties of Two Samples of Low-density Polyethylene. Appendix 7. Typical Processing Property Data for a General-purpose Low-density Polyethylene Polymer with Moderate BranchingAppendix 8. Typical Processing Property Data for General-purpose Grade Polypropylene Homopolymer; Appendix 9. Typical Processing Property Data for a General-purpose Grade Acrylic Polymer; Appendlix 10. Typical Processing Property Data for an Injection Moulding Grade of 6-6 Nylon at 285 C; Appendix 11. Typical Processing Property Data for an Injection Moulding Grade of Polyethersulphone. |