Rheology The viscosities of both TPE-1 and TPE-2 at different shear rates were measured using a capillary rheometer at 200oC by a method prescribed in ASTM D3835. Jiren Gu and Krishna Venkataswamy, “Block Copolymer Compositions for Overmolding any TPE, US patent filed, March 2004. 3. Capillary viscosity of TPE-1 and -2 at 200°C 1.E+00 1.E+01 1.E+02 1.E+03 1.0E+01 1.0E+02 1.0E+03 1.0E+04 1.0E+05 Shear rate (1/sec) V is co si ty (P a* se c) TP E-1A TP E-1B TP E-2A TP E-2B 200C Figure 4.

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