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Effect of mixing on melt flow properties of high‐density polyethylene
Author(s) -
Hirata Sadao,
Hasegawa Hiroshi,
Kishimoto Akira
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1970.070140811
Subject(s) - mixing (physics) , polyethylene , materials science , viscoelasticity , viscosity , high density polyethylene , polymer , plastics extrusion , low density polyethylene , melt flow index , rigidity (electromagnetism) , polymer chemistry , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics , copolymer
Abstract An investigation has been made into the effect of mixing by a screw extruder upon the molecular characteristics and the melt flow properties of high‐density polyethylene. The crosslinking between molecules predominates over the scission of a molecule at an early stage of mixing, but with further increase in the degree of mixing, this situation reverses itself to bring about the formation of branched polymers. Static flow and dynamic viscoelastic properties of molten high‐density polyethylene change considerably with increase in the degree of mixing. The apparent viscosity drops rather sharply after mixing. The dynamic properties for the original resin show smaller frequency dependence of the viscosity and larger dependence of the rigidity than those for extrudates. The relaxation spectra become broader with increase in mixing. These may mainly be due to the change of the molecular characteristics of high‐density polyethylene with mixing by an extruder.