Kinetics of competitive crystallization of β- and α- modifications in β-nucleated iPP studied by isothermal stepwise crystallization technique

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 613-620

  Menyhárd, Alfréd ^a,b   Dora, Gábor ^a,b   Horváth, Zsuzsanna ^a,b   Faludi, Gábor ^a,b   Varga, József ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

Author keywords

and iPP; Avrami method; Crystallization kinetics; Isothermal stepwise crystallization (ISC) technique; Mixed polymorphic composition

Indexed keywords

APPARENT RATE CONSTANT; AVRAMI METHOD; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; ISOTHERMAL STEPWISE CRYSTALLIZATION (ISC) TECHNIQUE; POLYMORPHIC COMPOSITION; TRIMESIC ACID;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; KINETICS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ISOTHERMS;

EID: 84860763100     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-1900-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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