A new crystallization process in polypropylene highly filled with calcium carbonate

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 293, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1607-1614

  Schawe, Jürgen E K ^a   Vermeulen, Paul A ^a,b   van Drongelen, Martin ^c  

^a Mettler Toledo Schweiz GmbH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate filler; Crystallization; Fast scanning calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; ISOTHERMS; POLYPROPYLENES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE FILLERS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; FAST-SCANNING CALORIMETRIES; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION PROCESS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; FAST DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WIDE ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING;

EID: 84930086750     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-015-3571-2     Document Type: Article

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