Amorphous phase of propylene/ethylene copolymers characterized by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy

Macromolecules

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1488-1495

  Wang, H P ^a   Ansems, P ^b   Chum, S P ^b   Hiltner, A ^a   Baer, E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASE DENSITY; COMONOMERS; CRYSTALLINITY;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE; GLASS TRANSITION; MONOMERS; OLEFINS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; PROPYLENE; RUBBER;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33644619727     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0521506     Document Type: Article

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