Effect of crystalline structure of polypropylene random copolymers on mechanical properties and thermal degradation kinetics

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 543, Issue , 2012, Pages 288-294

  Papageorgiou, Dimitrios G ^a   Bikiaris, Dimitrios N ^a   Chrissafis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Kinetic analysis; Mechanical properties; PP RCT; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

CO-MONOMER; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; KINETIC ANALYSIS; KISSINGER; MASS LOSS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MODEL FITTING; MODIFIED PLASTICS; MONOCLINIC SYSTEMS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; POLYPROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMERS; PP-RCT; RANDOM COPOLYMER; TEMPERATURE RESISTANCES; TENSILE STRENGTH PROPERTIES; THERMAL DEGRADATION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC; XRD;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; ETHYLENE; KINETICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PYROLYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84863720434     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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