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FIGURE 26 Different types of melt fracture exhibited by LLDPE with increasing apparent shear rate from left to right:
smooth, sharkskin, bamboo or slip-stick, and gross. [From Baird, D. G., and Collias, D. I. (1998). “Polymer Processing:
Principles and Design,” Wiley, New York.]
FIGURE 27 Different types of melt fracture exhibited by HDPE from left to right: smooth, slip-stick, wavy, and a form
of gross fracture. [From Baird, D. G., and Collias, D. I. (1998). “Polymer Processing: Principles and Design,” Wiley,
New York.]