Comparison of rheological behavior of branched polypropylene prepared by chemical modification and electron beam irradiation under air and N2

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1088-1094

  Abbas Mousavi, S ^a   Dadbin, Susan ^b   Frounchi, Masoud ^a   Venerus, David C ^c   Medina, Teresita Guadarrama ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Air and nitrogen atmosphere; Branched polypropylene; Chemical modification; Dynamic rheology; Electron beam irradiation; Propylene ethylene copolymer

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED POLYPROPYLENE; DYNAMIC RHEOLOGY; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ETHYLENE COPOLYMER; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES;

COPOLYMERIZATION; DEGRADATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; ETHYLENE; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); IRRADIATION; NITROGEN; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER BLENDS; PROPYLENE; RADIATION; RHEOLOGY; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOSITY;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION;

METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; NITROGEN; POLYPROPYLENE; TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIMETHACRYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON BEAM; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SHEAR RATE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954035018     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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