Comparison study on CO 2-promoted crystallization and melting behavior of polypropylene: Homopolymer and copolymers

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1726-1738

  Cao, Xian Wu ^a   Lin, Hong ^a   Luo, Jun ^a   He, Guang Jian ^a   Zhang, Yi Jun ^a   Xu, Bai Ping ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Guangdong Industry Technical College   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; polypropylene; polypropylene copolymers; polypropylene homopolymer; polypropylene crystals; supercritical CO2

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; MELTING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PROPYLENE; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

CRYSTALLINE FORM; POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER; PROMOTING EFFECT; RANDOM COPOLYMER; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SUPERCRITICAL CO2; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84920086608     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2014.966892     Document Type: Article

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