Role of molecular architecture and temperature on extrusion melt flow instabilities of two industrial LLDPE and LDPE polyethylenes investigated by capillary rheology, high‐pressure sensitivity slit die and optical analysis

Autor: Georgantopoulos, Christos K., Esfahani, Masood K., Naue, Ingo F. C., Wilhelm, Manfred, Kádár, Roland
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 140 (2), Art.Nr. e53165
ISSN: 0021-8995
1097-4628
DOI: 10.5445/ir/1000151827
Popis: The characteristic time periodicity $\tau^{*}$ and the spatial characteristic wavelength ${\lambda}$ of extrusion flow instabilities of a linear and a branched commercial polyethylene (PE) are characterized via capillary rheology, optical analysis and modeled. The two investigated polyethylenes have the similar weight average molecular weight (Mw). The characteristic time periodicity $\tau^{*}$ is obtained and compared using three methods: (i) a highly sensitive pressure slit die, (ii) a new online optical analysis method based on the construction of a space–time diagrams, and (iii) an offline transmission polarization microscopy. In addition, the spatial characteristic wavelength ${\lambda}$ is quantified by offline transmission polarization microscopy. The characteristic time periodicity $\tau^{*}$ of the extrusion flow instabilities follows a power law behavior as a function of apparent shear rate to a power of −0.7 for both materials, $\tau$$^{*}{\propto^.\gamma}^{-0.7}_{app.}$. A qualitative model is used to predict the spatial characteristic wavelength of extrusion flow instabilities as well. It is found that the characteristic spatial wavelength ${\lambda}$ and the characteristic time periodicity $\tau^{*}$ have an Arrhenius temperature-dependent behavior.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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