Abstract
During industrial processing, polymer melts are exposed to local high
cooling rates, strong deformation rates and high pressures. Nowadays, research in
the field of semi-crystalline polymers still strives towards an accurate prediction of
the evolution and final appearance of the crystalline morphology in polymer
products. After all, the amount, number, phase and orientation of the crystallites
act in a combined way and control the final optical and mechanical properties. This
chapter discusses recent experimental and model developments concerning the
influence of industrially relevant cooling rates and pressures on the
non-isothermal crystallization of both an isotactic polypropylene and a linear
low-density polyethylene grade. The influence of flow gradients is discussed in
Chapter (Roozemond et al., Adv Polym Sci, 2016).
cooling rates, strong deformation rates and high pressures. Nowadays, research in
the field of semi-crystalline polymers still strives towards an accurate prediction of
the evolution and final appearance of the crystalline morphology in polymer
products. After all, the amount, number, phase and orientation of the crystallites
act in a combined way and control the final optical and mechanical properties. This
chapter discusses recent experimental and model developments concerning the
influence of industrially relevant cooling rates and pressures on the
non-isothermal crystallization of both an isotactic polypropylene and a linear
low-density polyethylene grade. The influence of flow gradients is discussed in
Chapter (Roozemond et al., Adv Polym Sci, 2016).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Polymer Crystallization II |
| Subtitle of host publication | From Chain Microstructure to Processing |
| Editors | Finizia Auriemma, Giovanni Carlo Alfonso, Claudio de Rosa |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 207-242 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-50684-5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319506838 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
| Name | Advances in polymer science |
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| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Volume | 277 |
Keywords
- IR-104167