A three-phase microstructural model to explain the mechanical relaxations of branched polyethylene: A DSC, WAXD and DMTA combined study

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-268

  Martín, Sandra ^a   Vega, Juan F ^a   Expósito, María T ^a   Flores, Araceli ^a   Martínez Salazar, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Branching; Microstructure; Polyethylene; Relaxations

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FRACTION; AMORPHOUS PHASE; BRANCHED POLYETHYLENES; BRANCHING; CALORIMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY; CRYSTALLINE FRACTIONS; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INTERMEDIATE PHASE; LOCAL RELAXATION; MECHANICAL RELAXATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELS; PHASE ANGLES; RELAXATIONS; SHORT CHAIN BRANCHINGS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; GLASS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYETHYLENES; SCATTERING; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79952281041     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-010-2348-x     Document Type: Article

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