Morphology evolution during cooling of quiescent immiscible polymer blends: Matrix crystallization effect on the dispersed phase coalescence

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 263-275

  Dimzoski, Bojan ^a   Fortelný, Ivan ^a   Šlouf, Miroslav ^a   Sikora, Antonín ^a   Michálková, Danuše ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Cooling rate; Crystallization effect; Ethylene propylene rubber; Morphology evolution; Polymer blends; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

COOLING CONDITIONS; COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTALLIZATION EFFECTS; DISPERSED PHASE; DISPERSED PHASE PARTICLES; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE RUBBER; FINITE RATE; IMMISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION;

COOLING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 84872303696     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-012-0848-1     Document Type: Article

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