β-Crystallization of isotactic polypropylene in the presence of β-nucleating agent and different crystallinity poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 559, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-22

  Wang, Chunguang ^a   Zhang, Zishou ^a   Ding, Qian ^a   Jiang, Juan ^a   Li, Gu ^a   Mai, Kancheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Isotactic polypropylene; Crystallinity; Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MELTING BEHAVIOR; NUCLEATING AGENTS; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

COOLING; MELTING POINT; POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 84876380846     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2013.02.021     Document Type: Article

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