Mesophase formation in poly(propylene-ran-1-butene) by rapid cooling

Polymer

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5482-5489

  Mileva, Daniela ^a   Zia, Qamer ^a   Androsch, René ^a   Radusch, Hans Joachim ^a   Piccarolo, Stefano ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Isotactic polypropylene; Poly(propylene ran 1 butene)

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROPYLENE; X RAY SCATTERING;

ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; NON-EQUILIBRIUM PHASE; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLY(PROPYLENE-RAN-1-BUTENE); POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER; RANGES OF EXISTENCE; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS;

COOLING;

COOLING; CRYSTALLINITY; HOMOPOLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 70350442384     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.09.064     Document Type: Article

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