Tensile behaviour of isotactic polypropylene modified by specific nucleation and active fillers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 679-684

  Kotek, Jiří ^a   Kelnar, Ivan ^a   Baldrian, Josef ^a   Raab, Miroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Phase; CaCO3 filler; Polypropylene; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AGGLOMERATION; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEBONDING; DIFFRACTOMETERS; FILLERS; MIXING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PLASTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

Β-PHASE; CACO3 FILLERS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 1642335765     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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