Investigation on the self-nucleation behavior of controlled-rheology polypropylene

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-142

  Kang, Jian ^a   Peng, Hongmei ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Chen, Jinyao ^a   Yang, Feng ^a   Cao, Ya ^a   Li, Huilin ^a   Xiang, Ming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Controlled rheology polypropylene; Crystallization and melting behavior; Molecular weight; Self nucleation behavior

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEATION;

CONTROLLED RHEOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; HIGH MELTING POINT; MELTING BEHAVIOR; NUCLEATION BEHAVIOR; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; SUCCESSIVE SELF-NUCLEATION AND ANNEALING;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84921852229     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2014.982481     Document Type: Article

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