Nonlinear viscoelastic properties of long-chain randomly branched polybutadiene
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
The presence of long-chain random branching in polymer melts is known to have a large effect on a material`s viscoelastic properties. A hydrosilation reaction between near-monodisperse polybutadiene and a small difunctional crosslinker was used to produce polymer with well characterized random branching for rheological study. Although, previous work has characterized the branching, molecular weight distribution and linear viscoelastic properties of the system, non-linear properties are often of more importance in processing and will be reported on in this work. The shear behavior of a series of polybutadienes of varying branching content were investigated using start-up of steady shear and step shear measurements. Transient uniaxial extensional measurements were also made using a fiber-windup technique on a commercial shear rheometer. Results will be presented by comparison with the linear viscoelastic results and non-linear constitutive equations. Particular emphasis will be placed on changes in the damping function as branching content increases.
- OSTI ID:
- 602904
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961108-; TRN: 98:001968-0050
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Chicago, IL (United States), 10-15 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 1996 First joint topical conference on processing, structure and properties of polymeric materials; PB: 594 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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