Study on β-nucleated controlled-rheological polypropylene random copolymer: Crystallization behavior and a possible degradation mechanism

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 761-770

  Fan, Jiashu ^a   Feng, Jiachun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION REACTION; FLOW PROPERTIES; FLOWABILITY; MOLECULAR CHAINS; NUCLEATING AGENTS; PEROXIDE CONCENTRATION; PHASE CONTENT; POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMERS; REACTIVE EXTRUSIONS; RHEOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT; STEREO ERRORS; STEREO REGULARITY; STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION; TERTIARY CARBON ATOM;

COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FREE RADICALS; NUCLEATION; OXIDATION; RHEOLOGY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84872691902     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie302474b     Document Type: Article

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