Abstract
AbstractThe effect of molecular architecture on the dynamic viscoelastic properties of new metallocene high density polyethylenes has been analyzed. Bimodal molecular weight distribution metallocene polyethylenes show features different from conventional polydisperse and bimodal polyethylenes. Higher values of Newtonian viscosity (ηo) at the same values of weight average molecular weight (Mw) and stronger frequency dependence of dynamic viscosity (η′) than in conventional HDPE‐s have been observed; this leads to lower values of the characteristic frequency for the onset of non‐Newtonian behavior (ωo) and higher values of the power law index (α). These features are probably due to the presence of very small amounts of long chain branching (LCB). The implications of these results in polymer processing are analyzed comparing extrusion rheometer data, which leads to the conclusion that extrusion difficulties in metallocene catalyzed polyethylenes can be overcome with bimodal molecular weight distributions.
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