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Structural Changes of Homopolymer Polypropylene Foam with Molecular Weights and Rheological Properties : (1) In Batch Process  

홍다윗 (충남대학교 공과대학 고분자공학과)
윤광중 (충남대학교 공과대학 고분자공학과)
이기윤 (충남대학교 공과대학 고분자공학과)
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Polymer(Korea) / v.26, no.1, 2002 , pp. 61-70 More about this Journal
Abstract
The effects of molecular weights and rheological properties of polypropylene (PP), on its foam structures in batch process were investigated. The effects of crosslinking process were also considered in this study. The rheological properties of polypropylene, such as storage modulus(G'), loss modulus(G"), zero shear viscosity($\eta_O$), and relaxation time($\lambda$), increased with the increase of molecular weights, and these increases in rheological properties directly affected the stability improvements of the PP foam. The increase of crosslinked PP's gel content stopped at the irradiation dose of 3.2 Mrad. The development of foam structures was more enhanced as the irradiation dose increased up to 3.2 Mrad. When the irradiation dose exceeded 3.2 Mrad, however, it negatively affected the structural development of the foam by diminishing gel contents of the foaming material, which resulted in instability of the foam structure.ture.
Keywords
polypropylene; foam; irradiation crosslinking; molecular weight;
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