Crystalline structure, morphology and mechanical properties of β-nucleated controlled-rheology polypropylene random copolymers

Polymer Testing

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 899-906

  Cao, Jing ^a   Lü, Qiu Feng ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Controlled rheology; Mechanical property; Morphology; Polypropylene random copolymer; Structure

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED-RHEOLOGY; CRYSTAL CONTENT; CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DEGREE OF DEGRADATION; DICUMYL PEROXIDE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; MELT FLOW INDEX; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE CONTENT; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPES; POLYPROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMERS; STRAIN AT BREAK; STRAIN HARDENING RATE; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTICITY; IMPACT STRENGTH; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOSITY;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 80052854348     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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