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Title: | Joint effects of molecular structure and processing history on specific nucleation of isotactic polypropylene | ||||||||||
Author: | Chvátalová, Lenka; Navrátilová, Jana; Čermák, Roman; Raab, Miroslav; Obadal, Martin | ||||||||||
Document type: | Peer-reviewed article (English) | ||||||||||
Source document: | Macromolecules. 2009, vol. 42, issue 19, p. 7413-7417 | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0024-9297 (Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR) | ||||||||||
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1021/ma9005878 | ||||||||||
Abstract: | The interrelation between specific ?-nucleation, thermal history, and molecular weight of isotactic polypropylene (PP) has been investigated by wide-angle X-ray scattering, differential scanning calorimetry, and scanning electron microscopy. Samples with a broad range of molecular weight (Mw), from 240 000 to 1 300 000, allowed to examine the effect of PP molecular structure on the nucleation sensitivity. N,N`-Dicyclohexylnaphthalene-2,6-dicarboxamide (NU 100) was introduced in the concentrations of 0, 0.01, and 0.03 wt % as a ?-specific nucleating agent into neat PP. Specimens were then processed via compression molding at various processing temperatures and times. Samples containing 0.01 wt % of NU 100 showed a dramatic decrease of nucleation activity into ?-phase with increasing Mw, processing time, and temperature. This effect was ascribed to a partial solubility of nucleator in PP melt and a competition between heterogeneous ?-nucleation and self ?-nucleation. | ||||||||||
Full text: | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma9005878 | ||||||||||
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