Thermoplastic Melt Rheology and Processing

Using a unification technique introduced and developed by the authors, this unique reference presents rheological data on a large number of polymers in the most concise from - making use of the master curve approach to determine unified curves for each generic type of polymer.
Including possible correlations of melt flow index various parameters involved in polymer manufacture, product fabrication, and property evaluation. Thermoplastic Melt Rheology and Processing offers a step-by-step procedure for developing spreadsheet computer program to obtain accurate thermoplastic rheograms at any temperature without using sophisticated rheometers...provides definitions of all the basic rheological parameters and explain the anomalies encountered during viscoelastic material flow...describes several methods of measurement for obtaining the flow characteristics of thermoplastic melts...demonstrates the unification technique with ample master rheograms of shear viscosity...discusses extensions of the unification technique to establish the parameters for obtaining master curves for other rheological parameters...gives various model parameters that can be put to direct use during mathematical calculations...and much more.
Containing over 250 helpful illustrations, Thermoplastic Melt Rheology and Processing is a valuable resource for polymer rheologists, and processors; polymer, chemical, plastics, and mechanical engineers; polymer and materials scientist; and graduate students in these disciplines.