Radial growth rate of spherulites in polypropylene/barium sulfate composites

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1647-1652

  Wang, Ke ^a,b,c   Wu, Jingshen ^a   Zeng, Hanmin ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barium sulfate; Growth; Polypropylene; Spherulite

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

POLYMER CHAINS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0038825127     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-3057(03)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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