Composition effects on ethylene/propylene copolymers studied by GPC-MALS and GPC-IR

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-49

  Suárez, Inmaculada ^a   Caballero, Ma Joaquina ^b   Coto, Baudilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethylene propylene copolymers (EP); Infrared spectroscopy (IR); Multi angle light scattering (MALS); Size exclusion chromatography (SEC)

Indexed keywords

CO-MONOMER; COMPOSITION RANGES; COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION ANALYSIS FRACTIONATION; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS (EP); IR DETECTOR; MULTI-ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERINGS; POLYMER CHAINS; RANDOM COIL; SHAPE PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE-RISING ELUTION;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PROPYLENE; REFRACTION; SCATTERING;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 70449629863     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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