Self-organization and polyolefin nucleation efficacy of 1,3:2,4-di-p-methylbenzylidene sorbitol

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2617-2628

  Shepard, Thomas A ^a,b   Delsorbo, Carl R ^c   Louth, Richard M ^d   Walborn, Jonathan L ^e   Norman, David A ^f   Harvey, Noel G ^b   Spontak, Richard J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b BD Technologies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Industrial Manufacturing   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarifying agent; Dibenzylidene sorbitol; Polymer crystal nucleation; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; GELATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPARENCY; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

CLARIFYING AGENTS; DIBENZYLIDENE SORBITOL; DIMETHYLBENZYLIDENE SORBITOL;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0031272159     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19971130)35:16<2617::AID-POLB5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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