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Rheometry

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Due to the importance of rheological measurements for applications and basic research, various rheometers have been in use to determine viscous and elastic properties of polymer melts. Their principles are described in the following and equations for the evaluation of measured data are derived.

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Münstedt, H., Schwarzl, F.R. (2014). Rheometry. In: Deformation and Flow of Polymeric Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55409-4_15

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