Process-induced morphology distribution in injection molded syndiotactic polystyrene samples

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 10840-10847

  Pantani, Roberto ^a   Sorrentino, Andrea ^b   Speranza, Vito ^a   Titomanlio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLINE LAYERS; CRYSTALLINITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH PRESSURE; HOLDING PRESSURE; MODEL PREDICTION; MOLD TEMPERATURES; MOLDED PARTS; MOLDING CONDITIONS; MORPHOLOGY DISTRIBUTIONS; PECULIAR MORPHOLOGY; SOFTWARE CODES; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENT; SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENES;

INJECTION MOLDING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYSTYRENES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84865518144     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301253v     Document Type: Article

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