Evolution of crystallinity and of crystallographic orientation in isotactic polypropylene during rolling and heat treatment

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1755-1766

  Jia, J ^a,b   Raabe, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Decrystallization; Growth selection; Isotactic polypropylene; Orientation distribution; Oriented nucleation; Recrystallization; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; HEAT TREATMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); STRAIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLINITY; DECRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 33745841185     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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