Structure formation of random isotactic copolymers of propylene and 1-hexene or 1-octene at rapid cooling

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1082-1092

  Mileva, Daniela ^a   Androsch, René ^a   Cavallo, Dario ^b,c   Alfonso, Giovanni C ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Fast scanning chip calorimetry; Isotactic polypropylene; Mesophase; Random copolymer

Indexed keywords

1-BUTENE; 1-HEXENE; 1-OCTENE; AMORPHOUS SAMPLES; COMPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS; COOLING RATES; CRITICAL COOLING RATE; FAST SCANNING; ISOTACTIC COPOLYMERS; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MESOPHASE FORMATION; MESOPHASES; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ORDERED PHASE; ORDERING PROCESS; RANDOM COPOLYMER; RAPID COOLING; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

BUTENES; COOLING; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION;

PROPYLENE;

EID: 84861190949     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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