Polypropylene: An A-Z reference

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Adhesive bonding of polypropylene....Pages 1-6
Amorphous or atactic polypropylene....Pages 7-12
Anticorrosion coatings with polypropylene....Pages 13-19
Antistatic and conducting composites of polypropylene....Pages 20-28
Appliances....Pages 29-37
Application of shear-controlled orientation in injection molding of isotactic polypropylene....Pages 38-46
Automation in injection molding....Pages 47-50
Beta-modification of isotactic polypropylene....Pages 51-59
Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) processes....Pages 60-67
Bumper recycling technology....Pages 68-75
Calendering of polypropylene....Pages 76-80
Commingled yarns and their use for composites....Pages 81-89
Construction principles of injection molds....Pages 90-94
Controlled rheology polypropylene....Pages 95-103
Copolymerization....Pages 104-115
Crash performance of glass fiber reinforced polypropylene tubes....Pages 116-123
Crazing and shear yielding in polypropylene....Pages 124-127
Crosslinking of polypropylene....Pages 128-134
Crystallization....Pages 135-141
Crystallization of syndiotactic polypropylene....Pages 142-147
Designing properties of polypropylene....Pages 148-157
Die swell or extrudate swell....Pages 158-162
Dielectric relaxation and dielectric strength of polypropylene and its composites....Pages 163-171
Dyeing of polypropylene fibers....Pages 172-177
Elastomeric polypropylene homopolymers using metallocene catalysts....Pages 178-185
Electron microscopy....Pages 186-197
Elongational viscosity and its meaning for the praxis....Pages 198-205
Environmental stress cracking of polypropylene....Pages 206-214
Epitaxial crystallization of isotactic and syndiotactic polypropylene....Pages 215-220
Extrusion die design guidelines for polypropylene....Pages 221-226
Fatigue performance of polypropylene and related composites....Pages 227-232
Fiber orientation due to processing and its prediction....Pages 233-239
Fillers for polypropylene....Pages 240-246
Fire hazard with polypropylene....Pages 247-253
Flame-retardant polypropylene compositions....Pages 254-263
From quality control to quality assurance in injection molding....Pages 264-266
Gamma-phase of isotactic polypropylene....Pages 267-272
Gas diffusion in and through polypropylene....Pages 273-276
Geotextiles and geomembranes....Pages 277-283
Glass mat reinforced thermoplastic polypropylene....Pages 284-290
Hard-elastic or ‘springy’ polypropylene....Pages 291-294
High-modulus and high-strength polypropylene fibers and films....Pages 295-300
Impregnation techniques for fiber bundles or tows....Pages 301-306
 In-situ reinforced polypropylene blends....Pages 307-313
Industrial polymerization processes....Pages 314-319
Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of polypropylene....Pages 320-328
Injection molding of isotactic polypropylene....Pages 329-334
Injection molding: various techniques....Pages 335-340
Integrated manufacturing....Pages 341-347
Interfacial morphology and its effects in polypropylene composites....Pages 348-356
Intumescent fire retardant polypropylene formulations....Pages 357-365
Joining: methods and techniques for polypropylene composites....Pages 366-373
Lamella dimension and distribution....Pages 374-382
‘Living’ or plastic hinges....Pages 383-391
Long term properties and lifetime prediction for polypropylene....Pages 392-398
Mathematical modelling of propylene polymerization....Pages 399-406
Mechanical and thermal properties of long glass fiber reinforced polypropylene....Pages 407-414
Melt blowing technology....Pages 415-420
‘Melt fracture’ or extrudate distortions....Pages 421-426
Melt spinning of polypropylene....Pages 427-439
Melt spinning: technology....Pages 440-445
Metallocene catalyzed polymerization: industrial technology....Pages 446-453
Metallocene catalysts and tailor-made polyolefins....Pages 454-475
Microporous polypropylene films and fibers....Pages 476-483
Miscibility and phase separation in polypropylene blends....Pages 484-488
Modelling and analysis of composites thermoforming....Pages 489-495
Modelling of the compression behavior of polypropylene foams....Pages 496-502
Molecular structure: characterization and related properties of homo- and copolymers....Pages 503-510
Morphology and nanostructure of polypropylenes by atomic force microscopy....Pages 511-518
Morphology-mechanical property relationships in injection molding....Pages 519-526
Natural fiber/polypropylene composites....Pages 527-532
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of polypropylene copolymers....Pages 533-539
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of polypropylene homopolymers....Pages 540-544
Nucleation....Pages 545-553
Optical clarity of polypropylene products....Pages 554-560
Orientation characterization in polypropylene....Pages 561-568
P-V-T data and their uses....Pages 569-573
Particulate filled polypropylene composites....Pages 574-580
Photostabilizers....Pages 581-590
Pigmentation of polypropylene....Pages 591-600
Polymer blends: fundamentals....Pages 601-605
Polymorphism in crystalline polypropylene....Pages 606-614
Polypropylene blends with commodity resins....Pages 615-620
Polypropylene blends with elastomers....Pages 621-626
Polypropylene blends with engineering and specialty resins....Pages 627-634
Polypropylene foams....Pages 635-642
Polypropylene in automotive applications....Pages 643-651
Polypropylene in cable applications....Pages 652-657
Polypropylene/continuous glass fiber composite pipes: design principles....Pages 658-662
Processing of polypropylene blends....Pages 663-667
Processing-induced morphology....Pages 668-677
Properties of glass fibers for polypropylene reinforcement....Pages 678-685
Pultrusion of glass fiber/ polypropylene composites....Pages 686-693
Reactive compatibilization of polypropylene....Pages 694-700
Recycling of polypropylene....Pages 701-705
Resistance to high-energy radiation....Pages 706-714
Rheology of polypropylene....Pages 715-720
Roll forming of composite sheets....Pages 721-727
Rolltrusion processing of polypropylene for property improvement....Pages 728-735
Size exclusion chromatography....Pages 736-743
Solid-state forming of polypropylene....Pages 744-751
Special polypropylene fibers....Pages 752-758
Spherulitic crystallization and structure....Pages 759-768
Split fiber production....Pages 769-775
Squeeze flow in thermoplastic composites....Pages 776-782
Structure-property relationships in polypropylene fibers....Pages 783-789
Surface modification of polypropylene by additives....Pages 790-793
Surface modification of polypropylene by plasmas....Pages 794-799
Surface treatment of polypropylene by corona discharge and flame....Pages 800-805
Textile applications of polypropylene fibers....Pages 806-812
Textile polypropylene fibers: fundamentals....Pages 813-820
Thermal antioxidants....Pages 821-831
Thermally stimulated currents of polypropylene and its composites....Pages 832-840
Thermoforming of fiber reinforced composite sheets....Pages 841-846
Thermoforming of polypropylene....Pages 847-852
Thermoplastic dynamic vulcanizates....Pages 853-858
Warpage and its prediction in injection-molded parts....Pages 859-865
Weathering....Pages 866-873
Weldlines....Pages 874-881
Wood—polypropylene composites....Pages 882-889
X-ray scattering....Pages 890-895
Ziegler-Natta catalysis and propylene polymerization....Pages 896-920
Back Matter....Pages 921-966