Effect of co-unit type in random propylene copolymers on the kinetics of mesophase formation and crystallization

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 465-471

  Mileva, Daniela ^a   Androsch, René ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Fast scanning chip calorimetry; Polypropylene; Random copolymers

Indexed keywords

1-ALKENES; 1-BUTENE; 1-HEXENE; 1-OCTENE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FAST SCANNING; ISOTACTIC COPOLYMERS; MESOPHASE FORMATION; MOLAR PERCENTAGE; ORDERED STRUCTURES; RANDOM COPOLYMER; RANDOM PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS;

BUTENES; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; POLYPROPYLENES;

PROPYLENE;

1 BUTENE; 1 HEXENE; 1 OCTENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE; HOMOPOLYMER; POLYMER; PROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MESOPHASE FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84861194100     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-011-2576-8     Document Type: Article

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