Effect of cooling rate on crystal polymorphism in beta-nucleated isotactic polypropylene as revealed by a combined WAXS/FSC analysis

Polymer

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-75

  Rhoades, Alicyn Marie ^a   Wonderling, Nichole ^b   Gohn, Anne ^a   Williams, Jason ^a   Mileva, Daniela ^c   Gahleitner, Markus ^c   Androsch, René ^d  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOREALIS POLYOLEFINE GMBH   (Austria)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

FSC WAXS analysis; Isotactic polypropylene; crystallization

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GAMMA RAYS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL MANAGEMENT (ELECTRONICS); X RAY SCATTERING;

COOLING CONDITIONS; CRITICAL COOLING RATE; CRYSTAL POLYMORPHISM; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; FSC/WAXS ANALYSIS; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84962232364     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.02.047     Document Type: Article

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