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Cover Picture: Macromol. Mater. Eng. 10/2004
Author(s) -
Mills Stephen L.,
Lees Graham C.,
Liauw Christopher M.,
Lynch Stephen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.200490019
Subject(s) - materials science , agglomerate , composite material , deflection (physics) , dispersion (optics) , ethylene vinyl acetate , optics , polymer , copolymer , physics
Cover: Back scattered electron SEM images of cryo‐cut surfaces of a composites of magnesium hydroxide and ethylene vinyl acetate. The images show the effect of filler content on dispersion quality. The graph quantifies the dispersion quality via D q multi‐fractal spectra, the poorer the dispersion the greater the deflection of the curve downwards. This deflection is quantified as a D q spectral width. At low filler level (Images 2–4), the shear stress developed in the melt during processing is insufficient to break up agglomerates. Further details can be found in the Full Paper by S. L. Mills, G. C. Lees, C. M. Liauw, * and S. Lynch on page 864.