Fracture mechanics of polypropylene: Effect of molecular characteristics, crystallization conditions, and annealing on morphology and impact performance

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2657-2661

  Ibhadon, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annealing; Crystallization conditions; Impact performance; Molecular characteristics; Morphology; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

IMPACT PERFORMANCE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0032165571     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4628(19980926)69:13<2657::AID-APP16>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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