Structure and mechanical anisotropy of injection-molded polypropylene with a plywood structure

Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 226-233

  Phulkerd, Panitha ^a   Hirayama, Soichiro ^a   Nobukawa, Shogo ^a   Inoue, Takahiro ^b   Yamaguchi, Masayuki ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b New Japan Chemical   (Japan)

Author keywords

Injection molding; mechanical anisotropy; polypropylene

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CHAINS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; INJECTION MOLDING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PLYWOOD; THERMAL EXPANSION; WOOD PRODUCTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AVERAGE ORIENTATION; BIREFRINGENCE DISTRIBUTION; EPITAXIAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; PLYWOOD STRUCTURES; TRANSVERSAL DIRECTIONS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84898033653     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2013.88     Document Type: Article

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