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The onset of tube-like constraining effects in polydisperse polymer melts

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This paper describes the onset of the influence of entanglement effects on the mobility of polymer chains in a polydisperse melt. Extending a scaling relation between the critical molecular mass of homodisperse melts and segment number density yields in the case of polydisperse melts a functional equation for the critical chain length. The case of the normal distribution will be solved and discussed.

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  1. Sektion Physik, Technische Hochschule “Carl Schorlemmer” Leuna-Merseburg, DDR-4200, Merseburg, German Democratic Republic

    G. Heinrich

  2. Sektion Werkstoff und Verarbeitungstechnik, DDR-4200, Merseburg, German Democratic Republic

    E. Straube

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Heinrich, G., Straube, E. The onset of tube-like constraining effects in polydisperse polymer melts. Polymer Bulletin 18, 53–57 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00255822

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