Rheology of fiber‐ or flake‐filled plastics

Abstract

Abstract Thermoplastics and thermoset materials filled with inexpensive, mainly inorganic, particulates are an important class of engineering plastics. Here, the short fiber and flake fillers play a major role. In this paper, the melt rheology and processability of these resins is reviewed, and the flow behavior of mica‐filled polyethylene is discussed in greater details.