Properties of uniaxially stretched polypropylene films

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1103-1110

  Sadeghi, Farhad ^a,b   Carreau, Pierre J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b Chemical Engineering Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

MDO process; Nucleated lamellar structure; Permeability; Polypropylene; Porous membranes; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COOLING; ELASTICITY; EXTRUSION; FILM PREPARATION; HIGH ENERGY FORMING; LIQUIDS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OXYGEN; PLASTIC FILMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS; PUMPING PLANTS; RESINS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOSITY;

MDO PROCESS; NUCLEATED LAMELLAR STRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; POLYPROPYLENE; POROUS MEMBRANES;

LAMELLAR STRUCTURES;

EID: 58849084247     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20109     Document Type: Article

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