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Effect of diatomite/polyethylene glycol binary processing aids on the rheology of a metallocene linear low‐density polyethylene
Author(s) -
Liu Xiaolong,
Li Huilin
Publication year - 2004
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.20629
Subject(s) - polyethylene glycol , materials science , rheology , peg ratio , linear low density polyethylene , polymer chemistry , polyethylene , composite material , chemical engineering , shear rate , shear flow , thermodynamics , physics , finance , engineering , economics
Flow performance of metallocene linear low‐density polyethylene (mLLDPE) containing small amounts of polyethylene glycol (PEG) diatomite and diatomite/PEG binary processing aids respectively was investigated. The mLLDPE melt viscosity is increased by the addition of diatomite, but is decreased by addition of PEG or the diatomite/PEG binary processing aids. It was also found that the viscosity reduction of mLLDPE with the addition of diatomite/PEG binary processing aid was significantly greater than that obtained with the addition of only PEG. The flow curves of mLLDPE containing diatomite/PEG binary processing aid show extremely lower value and stronger dependence on shear rate than the others. It is suggested that the rheological improvement of mLLDPE with diatomite/PEG binary processing aids resulted not entirely from the wall slip promoted by PEG; the intrinsic structure may have changed under the application of shear flow. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 93: 1546–1552, 2004