Effect of different inorganic filler over isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization of polypropylene homopolymer

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 633-643

  Alvarez, Vera Alejandra ^a   Pérez, Claudio Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Crystallization; Fillers; Modeling; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; COMPRESSION MOLDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMS; MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; SILICA; SILICON OXIDES;

COMPATIBILITY; CONTINUOUS COOLING TRANSFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER; RELATIVE DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; TIME TEMPERATURE TRANSFORMATION DIAGRAMS;

FILLERS;

EID: 84872926309     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-1705-4     Document Type: Article

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