Instrumented falling weight impact of coinjection-molded multipolypropylene sandwich plaques containing β-phase polypropylene core

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 41 B, Issue 4-6, 2002, Pages 881-889

  Karger Kocsis, J ^a   Varga, J ^a   Drummer, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

phase polypropylene; phase polypropylene; Coinjection molding; Instrumented falling weight impact; Isotactic polypropylene; Skin core morphology

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; IMPACT TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION;

MULTIPOLYPROPYLENES SANDWICH PLAQUES;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0036662414     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MB-120013071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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