Crystallization and melting of propylene-ethylene random copolymers. Homogeneous nucleation and β-nucleating agents

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1577-1590

  Papageorgiou, Dimitrios G ^a   Papageorgiou, George Z ^a   Bikiaris, Dimitrios N ^a   Chrissafis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Copolymer; Crystallization; Nucleating agent; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; EFFECTIVE ACTIVATION ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM MELTING POINT; ISO-CONVERSIONAL METHOD; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LAURITZEN-HOFFMAN THEORY; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATING AGENTS;

COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE; ISOTHERMS; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENES; PROPYLENE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84878737593     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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