Relaxations and thermal stability of low molecular weight predominantly isotactic metallocene and Ziegler-Natta polypropylene

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 873-882

  Gomez Elvira J M ^a   Tiemblo, P ^a   Elvira, M ^a   Matisova Rychla, L ^b   Rychly, J ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical relaxations; Metallocene polypropylene; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CONFIGURATIONAL STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RELAXATIONS; METALLOCENE POLYPROPYLENE; STEREO DEFECTS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 3042640875     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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