The competition between chain scissions and chain recombination (crosslinking) can be observed by the evolution of the phase angle tangent (tand) which describes the balance between the viscous (G00) and elastic (G0) behaviors in a polymer melt.
The competition between chain scissions and chain recombination (crosslinking) can be observed by the evolution of thephase angle tangent (tand) which describes the balance between the viscous (G00) and elastic (G0) behaviors in a polymermelt.