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Title: | Self-reinforcement of polymers as a consequence of elongational flow | ||||||||||
Author: | Čermák, Roman; Obadal, Martin; Habrová, Veronika; Stoklasa, Karel; Verney, Vincent; Commereuc, Sophie; Fraïsse, Frédéric | ||||||||||
Document type: | Peer-reviewed article; Conference paper (English) | ||||||||||
Source document: | Rheologica Acta. 2006-04, vol. 45, issue 4, p. 366-373 | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0035-4511 (Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR) | ||||||||||
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-005-0052-4 | ||||||||||
Abstract: | In this study, attention is directed towards the abilities of elongational flow to induce the chain orientation and, as a consequence, to improve the properties of extruded profiles. A novel-designed extrusion die with semihyperbolic convergency of the channel, by which a high percentage of elongational flow in the melt is generated, was connected with a conventional single-screw extruder. Commercial grades of high-density polyethylene and isotactic polypropylene were used as model commodity polymers. Round extrudates prepared by this processing line were assessed as self-reinforced products. Detailed structural observation carried out with the aid of scanning electron microscopy and wide-angle X-ray scattering evidenced that the structure of extruded rods is uniquely fibrous and highly oriented throughout the profile. As a result, the self-reinforced extrudates possess outstanding storage modulus in a wide range of temperatures and considerably higher melting point and fusion heat than rods produced by conventional extrusion. | ||||||||||
Full text: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/l652288527620063/ | ||||||||||
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