Time-Resolved SAXS/WAXS Studies of the Polymorphic Transformation of 1-Butene/Ethylene Copolymers

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 43 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-189

  Azzurri, Fiorenza ^a   Gómez, Marián A ^b   Alfonso, Giovanni Carlo ^a   Ellis, Gary ^b   Marco, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Isotactic polybutene copolymers; Polymorphism; Simultaneous SAXS WAXS; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMS; POLYETHYLENES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ISOTACTIC POLYBUTENE COPOLYMERS; POLYMORPHISM; SIMULTANEOUS SAXS/WAXS; SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (SAXS); WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (WAXS);

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 1642301522     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MB-120027757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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