Table of Contents:
  • Polymers as rheology modifiers : an overview / J. Edward Glass, Donald N. Schulz, and C.F. Zukoski
  • Rheological measurements / Robert K. Prud'homme
  • Extensional viscometry of polymer solutions / Gerald G. Fuller and Cheryl A. Cathey
  • Preparation, characterization, and rheological behavior of water-swellable polymer networks / H. Nottelmann and W.-M. Kulicke
  • Chemical grafting of poly(ethylene oxide) onto polystyrene latex : synthesis, characterization, and rheology / H.J. Ploehn and J.W. Goodwin
  • Electrosteric stabilization of oil-in-water emulsions by hydrophobically modified poly(acrylic acid) thickeners / R.Y. Lochhead
  • Effects of process variables on the emulsion and solution properties of hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion thickeners / Gregory D. Shay, Fran K. Kravitz, and Peter V. Brizgys
  • Rheological behavior of liquid-crystalline polymer-polymer blends / D. Dutta and R.A. Weiss
  • Shear-thickening behavior of ionomers and their complexes / R.D. Lundberg and I. Duvdevani
  • Hydrocarbon-soluble associating polymers as antimisting and drag-reducing agents / Donald N. Schulz, K. Kitano, I. Duvdevani, R.M. Kowalik, and J.A. Eckert
  • Association of acrylamide-dodecylmethacrylate copolymers in aqueous solution / C.E. Flynn and J.W. Goodwin
  • Systems approach to rheology control / Paul R. Howard, Edward L. Leasure, Stephen T. Rosier, and Edward J. Schaller
  • Steady-shear and linear-viscoelastic material properties of model associative polymer solutions / R.D. Jenkins, C.A. Silebi, and M.S. El-Aasser
  • Surfactant influences on hydrophobically modified thickener rheology / David J. Lundberg, Zeying Ma, Karu Alahapperuna, and J. Edward Glass
  • Polymers as lubricating-oil viscosity modifiers / G. Ver Strate and M.J. Struglinski
  • Solution rheology of ethylene-propylene copolymers in hydrocarbon solvents / Isaac D. Rubin and Ashish Sen
  • Rheological properties of high-molecular-weight poly[(methyl methacrylate)-co-ethylacrylate-co-butylacrylate] solutions : influence of polymer-solvent interactions / Wendel J. Shuely and Brian S. Ince
  • Thermal characteristics of waxy, high-pour-point crudes that respond to rheology modifiers / D.S. Schuster and J.H. Magill
  • Melt rheology and strain-induced crystallization of polypropylene and its high-density polyethylene blends / Michael S. Chuu and Boh C. Tsai
  • Dynamic uniaxial extensional viscosity : response in spray applications / David A. Soules, Gustav P. Dinga, and J. Edward Glass.