Influence of the Chain Structure of Polymers on Their Flow Behavior

An efficient, specific optimization of the processing conditions and vulcanizate properties therefore requires a quantitative correlation between the technical properties and the molecular architecture of the polymer. Literatures have shown that dynamic mechanical analysis in the regime of viscous flow can be used for a quantitative characterization of the chain architecture. This article demonstrates how this is done in practice using measurements performed with a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) and a rheometer.

^{Influence of the Chain Structure of Polymers on Their Flow Behavior | Thermal Analysis Application No. UC 235 | Application published in METTLER TOLEDO Thermal Analysis UserCom 23}