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A radiation crosslinked model linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) exhibits power-law relaxation,G(t) =St −n at its gel point (GP). The relaxation exponent has a value of about 0.46. The relaxation behavior is dominated by power laws, not only directly at GP, but in a very broad vicinity of GP and in a frequency window, which narrows with distance from the gel point. The power law exponent decreases with increasing radiation dose (increasing extent of crosslinking). Independent measurements of the gel fraction and the molecular-weight distribution of the radiated samples' soluble fraction support the rheological observations.
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Delivered as a Keynote Lecture at the Golden Jubilee Conference of the British Society of Rheology and Third European Rheology Conference, Edinburgh, 3–7 September, 1990.
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Vallés, E.M., Carella, J.M., Winter, H.H. et al. Gelation of a radiation crosslinked model polyethylene. Rheol Acta 29, 535–542 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01329300
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