Crystal structure of ethene-/α-olefin copolymers with various long comonomers (C8-C26)

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1048-1053

  Stadler, Florian J ^a,c   Takahashi, Tatsuhiro ^b   Yonetake, Koichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cooling conditions; Ethene olefin copolymers; Lattice parameters; Wide angle X ray diffraction (WAXD)

Indexed keywords

CARBON ATOMS; COMONOMERS; COOLING CONDITIONS; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINITIES; LATTICE PARAMETERS; OLEFIN COPOLYMERS; SIDE CHAINS; VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENT; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; DIFFRACTION; ETHYLENE; LATTICE CONSTANTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 79954579254     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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