Improved thermal oxidation stability of polypropylene films in the presence of β-nucleating agent

Polymer Testing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-186

  Lv, Yadong ^a   Huang, Yajiang ^a   Kong, Miqiu ^a   Li, Guangxian ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nucleating agent; Polypropylene; Thermal oxidation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; ARYL AMIDE; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; CRYSTAL FORMS; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; NUCLEATING AGENTS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLY-PROPYLENE FILM; PP FILMS; TENSILE TESTS; THERMAL OXIDATION; THERMAL OXIDATION BEHAVIOR; THERMAL OXIDATIVE STABILITY; THERMAL-OXIDATION STABILITY; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

AMIDES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MELTING POINT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PLASMA THEORY; PLASTIC FILMS; TENSILE TESTING;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84872069429     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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