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Extensional-Flow-Induced Crystallization Of Polypropylene, Erica E. Bischoff White
Extensional-Flow-Induced Crystallization Of Polypropylene, Erica E. Bischoff White
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
A filament stretching extensional rheometer was used to investigate the effect of uniaxial flow on the crystallization of polypropylene. Samples were heated to a temperature above the melt temperature to erase their thermal and mechanical histories. The Janeschitz-Kriegl protocol was applied and samples were stretched at various extension rates to a final strain of e = 3.0. Differential scanning calorimetry was applied to crystallized samples to measure the degree of crystallinity. The results showed that a minimum extension rate, corresponding to a Weissenberg number of approximately Wi = 1, is required for an increase in percent crystallization to occur. Below …