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Cross-Linked Thermoplastic Blends of Polyethylene with an Elastomer 3. Rheological Charcteristics of Melts

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Results of an experimental investigation into the changes of viscosity and the flow character of binary blends of high-density polyethylene with an elastomer (ethylene-propylene-dicyclopentadiene terpolymer) during the γ-radiation and chemical cross-linking are reported. The type of functions of the effective viscosity of temperature (activation energy of flow) and shear rate (flow-behavior index) in relation to the structure of melts of the blends is discussed for a wide range of component ratios and various extents of cross-linking.

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  1. Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University, Riga, LV-1048, Latvia

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 819–830, November–December, 2005.

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Bocok, T., Zicans, J. & Kalnins, M. Cross-Linked Thermoplastic Blends of Polyethylene with an Elastomer 3. Rheological Charcteristics of Melts. Mech Compos Mater 41, 553–560 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-006-0009-4

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