Controlling the transition of long and short-chain branching polypropylene

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 716-723

  Zhao, Wangyang ^a   Wu, Guoqing ^a   Yang, Qi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acrylate monomer; Long branched chains; Short branched chains; Thiuram disulfide co agent; Transition

Indexed keywords

ACRYLATE MONOMERS; INTERNAL MIXERS; LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; SHORT CHAIN BRANCHINGS; TETRAETHYLTHIURAM DISULFIDE; THIURAM DISULFIDE; TRANSITION; TRIMETHYLOL PROPANES;

FREE RADICALS; HEXANE; MONOMERS; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84860908663     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2012.662257     Document Type: Article

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