Primary crystal nucleation and growth regime transition in isotactic polypropylene

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 42 B, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 387-401

  Celli, Annamaria ^a   Zanotto, Edgar D ^a   Avramov, Isak ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Crystallization; Isotactic polypropylene; Primary nucleation; Regime transition

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION; TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLITES; GROWTH REGIME TRANSITION; ISOSTATIC POLYPROPYLENE; JOHNSON-MEHL-KOLMOGOROV EQUATION; PRIMARY CRYSTAL NUCLEATION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0037355207     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MB-120017126     Document Type: Article

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