Analysis of row nucleated lamellar morphology of polypropylene obtained from the cast film process: Effect of melt rheology and process conditions

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1170-1178

  Sadeghi, Farhad ^a   Ajji, Abdellah ^a   Carreau, Pierre J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEATION; PLASTIC CASTINGS; POLYMER FILMS; RHEOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CAST FILM PROCESS; CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGY; PROCESS CONDITIONS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 34547253242     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20837     Document Type: Article

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