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Erschienen in: Journal of Polymer Research 2/2011

01.03.2011 | Original Paper

Triple crystallization behavior of fractionated ethylene/α-olefin copolymers of different catalyst type

verfasst von: E. Tarasova, T. Poltimäe, A. Krumme, A. Lehtinen, A. Viikna

Erschienen in: Journal of Polymer Research | Ausgabe 2/2011

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Abstract

Non-isothermal crystallization processes in fractions of Ziegler-Natta (ZN) and single site (SS) based ethylene/1-butene and ethylene/1-hexene copolymers have been studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Fractionation of used copolymers was done according to molar mass (MM) and composition (comonomer content). It was observed in DSC scans that for fractions with high MM (larger than 10 kg/mol) in addition to the main high-temperature crystallization peak (HTCP), a very-low temperature crystallization peak (VLTCP) is present at temperatures in between 60–75 °C. Such peak is absent for the first fractions having very-low MM. The partial crystallinity and peak temperatures, obtained from VLTCP, increase with MM and level off at MM around 60–100 kg/mol. It was found that the crystallinity as related to the area of the VLTCP is catalyst type dependent, and is higher for the SS catalyst compared to the ZN. Peak temperature of VLTCP linearly decreases with increasing comonomer content at fixed MM while the partial crystallinity practically does not change with comonomer content.

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Metadaten
Titel
Triple crystallization behavior of fractionated ethylene/α-olefin copolymers of different catalyst type
verfasst von
E. Tarasova
T. Poltimäe
A. Krumme
A. Lehtinen
A. Viikna
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2011
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Journal of Polymer Research / Ausgabe 2/2011
Print ISSN: 1022-9760
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-8935
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-010-9408-2

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