Effect of structure on light transmission in isotactic polypropylene and random propylene-1-butene copolymers

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-571

  Mileva, Daniela ^a   Androsch, René ^a   Radusch, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Optical transparency; Physical structure; Polarizing optical microscopy; Propylene 1 butene random copolymer; UV VIS spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BUTENES; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSPARENCY;

CONCENTRATION OF; CRYSTALLINITY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; HIGHER ORDERS; HIGHER-ORDER SUPERSTRUCTURES; ISOTACTIC COPOLYMERS; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENES; MELT CRYSTALLIZATIONS; MICROMETER SCALE; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PHYSICAL STRUCTURE; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAPID COOLING; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE; UV/VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 63449120933     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-008-0034-7     Document Type: Article

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