Morphology and Thermal Properties of Fully Syndiotactic Polypropylene

Autor: Donald D. Davis, Bernard Lotz, Andrew J. Lovinger, Martina Schumacher
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Macromolecules. 27:6603-6611
ISSN: 1520-5835
0024-9297
DOI: 10.1021/ma00100a053
Popis: The morphology of syndiotactic polypropylene (sPP) containing >99% racemic diads has been investigated following controlled crystallization from the melt in thin films. At high growth temperatures, large rectangular single crystals are obtained with preferred growth along the crystallographic b-axis, while at lower temperatures these branch out to yield dendritic, axialitic, and eventually spherulitic aggregates. These crystals exhibit two very unusual properties: transverse fractures and ripples. Both are quasi-periodic, the fractures with a spacing of 3-7 μm and the ripples generally 1 μm or less
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