Compensation effects in viscosity‐temperature dependence of polymer melts

摘要

AbstractThe thermal dependence of the parameters of the Carreau A model of viscosity has been investigated for 13 polymeric resins. It was shown that the zero‐shear viscosity and the time constant obey an Arrhenius‐type law and that, for these parameters, compensation effects are exhibited. The shear‐thinning index was found to be fairly independent of temperature. An important consequence of a compensation effect is that only one determination of a parameter at a given temperature gives the complete temperature‐dependence of this pa