Abstract
The results of investigation of the effect of Rabinowitsch correction on the courses of flow curves and viscosity curves for two polyethylene grades (PE-LD and PE-MD) as well as their blend in the ratio 1:1 were presented (Table 1, Fig. 1-6). Rheological investigations were performed in the real conditions of extrusion process, using extrusion rheometer and cylindrical dies of circular cross-sections and various L/D ratios (Table 2 and 3). Power low index n was found to vary from 0.28 to 0.86 (Table 5), dependently on the system investigated. The differentiation in power low index values is due to different values of shear stress τ w and various ranges of uncorrected shear rate during the polymer flow through the die of defined length and diameter. The application of real n-values in evaluation of the Rabinowitsch correction factor, related to changes of viscosity in the range of 75 % relative to non corrected values, reveals in a significant viscosity curves shift. Experimentally determined rheological values (power low index, Rabinowitsch correction, shear stress, corrected shear rate, apparent viscosity and corrected viscosity) are given in Tables 5-7.
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