Blending processes are primarily carried out in corotating intermeshing twin screw extruders. Because the knowledge about morphology development in such extruders is limited methods to obtain a desired morphology are based on empirical values and screening experiments. For the analysis of morphology
Erosion of polymer pellets during blending in a twin-screw extruder
β Scribed by Hongbing Chen; Uttandaraman Sundararaj; Krishnaswamy Nandakumar; Mark D. Wetzel
- Publisher
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-1541
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