Flow-induced crystallization of propylene/ethylene random copolymers

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 693-705

  Housmans, Jan Willem ^a,b   Peters, Gerrit W M ^a   Meijer, Han E H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow regimes; Flow induced crystallization; Polypropylene; Random co polymers; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CO-MONOMER; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS OF CRYSTALLIZATION; MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION; PROCESSING CONDITION; RANDOM CO-POLYMERS; RANDOM COPOLYMER; RHEOMETRY;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOSITY;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 75149165983     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0532-3     Document Type: Article

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