Modeling of end-use properties of poly(propylene/ethylene) resins

Polymer Testing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 419-439

  Latado, Andrea ^a   Embiruçu, Marcelo ^b   Neto, Antônio G Mattos ^c   Carlos Pinto, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Polibrasil Resinas SA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GLASS TRANSITION; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; RIGIDITY; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; XYLENE;

IMPACT STRENGTH; MELT INDEX;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0035056525     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(00)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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