Optical properties of highly transparent polypropylene cast films: Influence of material structure, additives, and processing conditions

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 520-531

  Resch, Katharina ^a   Wallner, Gernot M ^b   Teichert, Christian ^b   Maier, Günther ^c   Gahleitner, Markus ^d  

^a POLYMER COMPETENCE CENTER LEOBEN GMBH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c MATERIALS CENTER LEOBEN FORSCHUNG GMBH   (Austria)

^d BOREALIS POLYOLEFINE GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COPOLYMERS; EXTRUDERS; POLYPROPYLENES; X RAY SCATTERING;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HOMOPOLYMERS; MICRO-THERMAL ANALYSIS; POLYPROPYLENE CAST FILMS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 33645674397     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20503     Document Type: Article

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