## Abstract A discrete relaxation spectrum using a small number of modes is derived to describe the relaxation behaviour of monodisperse polystyrene melts. Attention is focused on keeping the physical meaning of the relaxation times. Therefore, molecular dynamics theories are used in the terminal,
Relaxation behaviour of highly polydisperse polymer melts
โ Scribed by T.C.B. McLeish
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 374 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-3861
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