“…Stretching polymer chains from an equilibrium conformation in flowing polymer melts results in manifestation of the EEF [ 19 , 22 , 23 ] in proportion to the distance, between the ends of a macromolecule (see Appendix A ), viz., where N is the number of monomeric links in the chain, and l is the length of each unit. The emerging entropic force ( 4 ) reduces activation energy allowing for the MKU to jump by a distance proportional to the magnitude of EEF in the direction of flow forces [ 5 , 7 , 14 , 15 , 18 ], viz., where B is a pre-exponential factor, is an activation coefficient having the dimension of energy, a is a coefficient having the dimension of length, and is a dimensionless size of reversible, rubber-like deformations emerging due to chemical bonding between the monomeric links of a macromolecule [ 21 , 23 , 26 ]. The value can be assessed by measuring the volume of recoverable deformation in polymer melts after stopping the rotary plane (cone) in a viscometer [ 14 ].…”