Comparison between Extensional Rheological Properties of Low Density Polyethylene Melt in SER and RME Rheometric Systems

摘要

Precise evaluation and notional prediction of extensional rheological behaviour of polymeric melts and solutions are of significant importance in polymer industry. This is evident in the well documentation of the dominance of elongational deformation of polymeric systems in processes such as melt spinning, blow moulding, biaxial stretching of extruded sheets, etc. The relevant commercial extensional rheometers thus far discussed in the literature are RME and SER. This research, for the first time, compares the extensional viscosity measurements of low density polyethylene at 140, 150, and 170°C through RME and SER devices. Despite the observed similarities found in this comparative investigation, the main difference was laid in maximum Hencky strain, strain hardening viscosity, and the variation of those rheological properties with testing temperature of the samples.