Crystal morphology of water-assisted injection molded high-density polyethylene with two different molecular weights

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1615-1624

  Wang, Bin ^a   Huang, Han Xiong ^a   Lu, Han Yuan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

banded spherulites; crystallization; HDPE; molecular weight; water assisted injection molding

Indexed keywords

BANDED SPHERULITE; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; HIGH-PRESSURE WATER; INNER LAYER; MELT FILLING; MOLD CAVITIES; OUTER LAYER; THREE-LAYER; WATER CHANNELS; WATER INLETS; WATER-ASSISTED INJECTION MOLDING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; INJECTION MOLDING; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; THERMOPLASTICS;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84863012631     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2010.518896     Document Type: Article

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