Changes in the melting behavior with the radial distance in isotactic polypropylene spherulites

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2342-2354

  Weng, J ^a   Olley, R H ^a   Bassett, D C ^a   Jaaskelainen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BOREALIS POLYMERS OY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Electron microscopy; Melting point; Poly(propylene) (PP); Spherulites

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MELTING; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE SPHERULITES; ISOTHERMAL LAMELLAR THICKENING; MELTING POINT; SPHERULITES;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0141815581     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.10593     Document Type: Article

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