Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.25, No.1, 249-252, 2004
On the estimation of flow properties of polyolefins based on fast and conventional size exclusion chromatography
The present article highlights the possible prediction of flow properties of polyolefins by fast and conventional size exclusion chromatography measurements. By using a rheological model based on double reptation the viscosity function under shear can be predicted from the molecular mass distribution. The predicted flow curves for polyolefins of narrow molecular mass distributions agree fairly well with the measured data.
Keywords:double reptation;fast size exclusion chromatography;molecular weight distribution/molar mass distribution;model viscosity function under shear;rheology