ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
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:
The morphology of blends of high-density polyethylene (PE) and isotactic polypropylene (PP) was studied by mesans of optical and scanning-electron microscopy. In the range of 10 to 90 percent by weight PE, these blends are two-phase systems, the components of which crystallize separately into discrete phases. The presence of PE has a definite and pronounced effect on the crystalline structure of the PP, whose spherulitic structure becomes increasingly irregular and coarse with increasing PE content. The light transmission of these blends during melting and crystallization was also studied in an attempt to characterize them.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760240707
