Transition from two-stage to direct melt-crystallization in isotactic random butene-1/propene copolymers

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2528-2534

  Androsch, René ^a   Hohlfeld, Rona ^b   Frank, Willy ^b   Nase, Michael ^c   Cavallo, Dario ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Sciences Merseburg   (Germany)

^c Orbita Film GmbH   (Germany)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Isotactic random butene 1 propylene copolymer; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFECTS; POLYMORPHISM; PROPYLENE; TEMPERATURE; X RAY SCATTERING;

CRYSTAL PERFECTION; CRYSTAL PHASE TRANSFORMATION; CRYSTALLINITIES; ISOTACTIC POLYBUTENE-1; ISOTACTICS; KINETICS OF CRYSTALLIZATION; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MESOPHASE FORMATION;

ISOTHERMAL ANNEALING;

EID: 84876407795     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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