Polymer Processing and Properties

During the First Conference of European Rheologists, which was held in Graz, Austria, in April 1982, the Provisional Committee of European Delegates to the Inter­ national Committee on Rheology held a meeting to discuss future European activities in the general area of rheol­ ogy. It was agreed, among other things, that the organ­ ization of meetings in Europe on specific topics related to rheology would be done in cooperation, so as to avoid conflicts of dates and/or subject areas. Any such meeting, if approved by the Provisional Committee, would be named a European Meeting; the European Societies of Rheology would help the organizers with distribution 6f circulars, membership lists, and any required technical assistance. One of the very first meetings organized within this procedural scheme has been the European Meeting on Polymer Processing and Properties, which was held in Capri, Italy, on June 13-16, 1983. This book constitutes the Proceedings of that meeting. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages xiii-xiii Current Trends in the Analysis of Polymer Shaping Operations....Pages 1-45 The Conductivity, Distribution in Injection Moulded LDPE and HDPE Containing Carbon Black....Pages 47-52 High Pressure Injection Moulding of Polyethylene....Pages 53-60 Irradiation of High Density Polyethylene Filled With Colloidal Silica....Pages 61-69 The Role of Melt Rheology in Parison Formation....Pages 71-78 Melt Rheology and Processability of Polyethylenes....Pages 79-88 Void Formation in Extruded Bars....Pages 89-96 Utilization of Rheological Real Time and Sampling Measurements for Quality Control of Polymer Materials and Processes(Abstract)....Pages 97-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Polymer Processing Operations Other Than Shaping....Pages 101-113 Mechanochemical Degradation of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Melts During Flow....Pages 115-122 Applications of a RIM Process Model....Pages 123-130 Design Principles for Barrier-Screw Extruders (Abstract)....Pages 131-131 Continuous Processing of Polymerizing Fluids IV: Continuous Mechanism in a Channel of a Screw-Extruder....Pages 133-141 Processing of Thermosets....Pages 143-152 Adapting a Microprocessor System to Autoclave Processing....Pages 153-156 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Heat Transfer and Kinetics of Flow Induced Crystallization as Intertwined Problems in Polymer Melt Processing....Pages 159-181 On the Deformation of Polycarbonate in the Glassy State....Pages 183-195 The Develpment of Super-Strong Polymers in Planar Directions (Abstract)....Pages 197-197 Relationship between Processing Induced Morphology, Molecular Orientations and Mechanical Behaviour of Amorphous Polymers....Pages 199-206 Effects of Processing on the Structure and Properties of PVC....Pages 207-214 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Correlation of Non-Linear Rheological Properties of Polymer Melts With Weld-Line Strength....Pages 215-228 Melt Strength and Extensibility of High-Density Polyethylene....Pages 229-236 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 New Findings on The Mechanical Behaviour of Plastics....Pages 239-260 Viscoelasticity, Ultimate Mechanical Properties and Yielding Mechanisms of Thermally Crystallized Polyethylene Terephthalate....Pages 261-269 Shear Strength Characteristics and Shear Creep Modeling of Low Density Rigid Polyurethane Foam....Pages 271-278 Blends of Polystyrene and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals — Phase Relations and Rheological Properties....Pages 279-284 Shear Behaviour of Molten Linear Low Density Polyethylene....Pages 285-292 Analysis of Failure Behavior of Polymeric Composite Materials with the Method of Acoustic Emissions (Abstract)....Pages 293-293 Plasticizers Migration from PVC: Correlations with Structure and Service-Performance....Pages 295-300 Time-Dependent Properties of Statically Deformed Glassy Polymers: Dynamic Modulus and Gas Transport....Pages 301-309 Nonlinear Viscoelastic Characterisation of Polymeric Materials....Pages 311-317 Describing the Long Term Nonlinearity of Plastics....Pages 319-328 Origins of the Toughness of Fibrous Composites....Pages 329-336 Positive and Negative Shear of the Vinyl Chloride....Pages 337-344 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Structural Modelling of Polymer Properties....Pages 347-377 The Role of the Binder in the Ageing of a Filled Elastomer....Pages 379-386 Molecular Field Theory for the Rheological Properties of Moderately Concentrated Polymer Solutions (Abstract)....Pages 387-387 A Treatise on the Elastic and Hygroexpansional Properties of Paper by a Composite Laminate Approach....Pages 389-398 Viscoelastic Properties of Copolymers: Relations with Structure....Pages 399-404 Relationship Between Ptitsyn-Eizner λ Parameter and Conformational Transition....Pages 405-411 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Properties of PMMA Stereocomplex in Solid State and Solution....Pages 413-418 The Effect of Plasticization on the Structure of Highly Crosslinked Materials, and the Formation of the Interphase in Two-Phase Systems (Abstract)....Pages 419-419 Generalized Anisotropic Descriptions for the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Crystalline Polymers....Pages 421-438 Mechanism of Moisture Absorption in Metal-Filled Epoxies....Pages 439-447 Back Matter....Pages 449-450