The crystallization and morphology of isotactic polypropylene nucleated by magnesium sulfate whiskers surface modified by pimelic acid

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Xu, Lin Li ^a,b   Zhang, Xiu Ju ^c   Zhu, Lin Hua ^a,b   Lian, Xiao Nan ^a,b   Xu, Kai ^a   Chen, Ming Cai ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

form; crystallization; isotactic polypropylene; magnesium sulfate whisker; morphology; pimelic acid

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE WHISKER; PIMELIC ACID; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; SEM; SURFACE-MODIFIED; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNESIUM; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE REACTIONS; THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 78649456145     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222341003648110     Document Type: Article

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