Critical content of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene to induce the highest nucleation rate for isotactic polypropylene in blends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 49, 2012, Pages 15953-15961

  Shao, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Yaqiong ^a   Wang, Zhigang ^a   Niu, Yanhua ^b   Yue, Ruijuan ^c   Hu, Wenping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c PATENT EXAMINATION COOPERATION CENTER OF THE PATENT OFFICE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; DSC MEASUREMENTS; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLTEN STATE; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATING AGENTS; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; NUCLEATION RATE; PHASE DOMAIN; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPHERULITIC GROWTH RATE;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 84870893644     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie302542x     Document Type: Article

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