Mobile amorphous, rigid amorphous and crystalline fractions in isotactic polypropylene during fast cooling

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 931-937

  Schawe, Jürgen E K ^a  

^a Mettler Toledo Schweiz GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Fast scanning calorimeter; Glass transition; Polypropylene; Rigid amorphous fraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CALORIMETERS; COOLING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION;

CRYSTALLINE FRACTIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; FAST SCANNING; FAST-SCANNING CALORIMETRIES; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION; TRANSFORMATION ENTHALPY; TRANSITION INTENSITY;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 85009513882     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: 15882926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-016-5533-4     Document Type: Article

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