Analysis of non-isothermal crystallization during cooling and reorganization during heating of isotactic polypropylene by fast scanning DSC

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 603, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-93

  Schawe, Jürgen E K ^a  

^a Mettler Toledo Schweiz GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chip calorimeter; Crystallization; Glass transition; Melting; Polypropylene; Reorganization; Rigid amorphous fraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; HEATING; MELTING; SCANNING;

CHIP CALORIMETER; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MOBILE AMORPHOUS FRACTIONS; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; REORGANIZATION; RIGID AMORPHOUS FRACTION (RAF); RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 85027956532     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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