Elongational Viscosity of Monodisperse and Bidisperse Polystyrene Melts

dc.contributor.author	Nielsen, Jens K.
dc.contributor.author	Rasmussen, Henrik K.
dc.contributor.author	Hassager, Ole
dc.contributor.author	McKinley, Gareth H.
dc.date.accessioned	2007-01-23T11:56:00Z
dc.date.available	2007-01-23T11:56:00Z
dc.date.issued	2007-01-23T11:56:00Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35768
dc.description	Submitted to J. Rheol.	en
dc.description.abstract	The startup and steady uniaxial elongational viscosity have been measured for two monodisperse polystyrene melts with molecular weights of 52 kg/mole and 103 kg/mole, and for three bidisperse polystyrene melts. The monodisperse melts show a maximum in the steady elongational viscosity vs. the elongational rate, ε, of about two times 3η_0 whereas the bidisperse melts have a maximum of up to a factor of seven times the Trouton limit of 3η_0. The Wiest model which incorporates anisotropic drag and finite extensibility may be used to interpret the results in molecular terms.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Class of 1960 Fellowship Funds	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	06-P-06	en
dc.subject	Filament stretching	en
dc.subject	Extensional viscosity	en
dc.subject	Wiest model	en
dc.title	Elongational Viscosity of Monodisperse and Bidisperse Polystyrene Melts	en
dc.type	Preprint	en