ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Density, infrared, and creep studies have been made of ethylene-propylene copolymers containing up to about 50 mole-% propylene and their homopolymers. The degree of crystallinity (volume fraction of polyethylene crystals), as measured by density and x-ray studies, decreases with increased propylene content. This change is also reflected in the intensity of the 13.7 μ band in the infrared spectra of the polymers. The measured amount of unsaturation (0.1-0.2%) in the copolymers is too small to account for the presence of several infrared bands which are often attributed to unsaturation. An unsaturation of 0.90% was obtained for a terpolymer where the third component was unsaturated. Indentation-creep studies showed the creep to be nearly proportional to the logarithm of time with a slope of 10% creep per decade for 0.1-10 min. Compliance-temperature graphs were found to be quite similar to those for the styrene-butadiene rubber SBR 1500.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1964.070080612
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