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The rheological behaviour of molten polyethylene has been widely studied especially with respect to the different structure of the high density and low density samplesI–I0. In particular it is well known that the presence in the LDPE of long chain branching alters dramatically the whole flow curve, the activation energy, the die-swell, the instability phenomena, etc.
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Acierno, D., Brancaccio, A., Curto, D., La Mantia, F.P. (1984). Shear Behaviour of Molten Linear Low Density Polyethylene. In: Astarita, G., Nicolais, L. (eds) Polymer Processing and Properties. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2781-3_27
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