Some simulations on crystallinity in a typical linear low-density polyethylene

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-249

  Braun, Jennifer L ^a   Madkour, Tarek M ^b,c   Mark, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Crystallite dimensions; LLDPE; Melting temperatures; Monte Carlo simulations; Polyethylene copolymers; Sequence distributions

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; ENTHALPY; MELTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RATE CONSTANTS; VISCOSITY;

CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLITE DIMENSIONS; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC MODE (LAM) SPECTROSCOPY; MELTING TEMPERATURES; POLYETHYLENE COPOLYMERS; SEQUENCE DISTRIBUTIONS;

LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0348231982     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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