Effect of the nucleating agent 1,3:2,4-di(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene) sorbitol on the γ phase content of propylene/ethylene copolymer

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2385-2391

  Shi, Qiang ^a   Cai, Chuan Lun ^a,b   Ke, Zhuo ^a,b   Yin, Li Gang ^a,b   Liu, Yan Long ^a,b   Zhu, Lian Chao ^a   Yin, Jing Hua ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Nucleation; Polypropylene (PP); Wide angle X ray diffraction (WAXD)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; POWDERS; SCANNING; SODIUM;

(ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL) COPOLYMERS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL FORMS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (PHOTO-DSC); ELSEVIER (CO); ENDOTHERMIC PEAKS; NA CONCENTRATION; NON ISOTHERMAL; NUCLEATING AGENT (NA21); PHASE CONTENTS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (POM); SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY (SAXS); WIDE ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION (WAXRD);

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 47049084667     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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