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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
Volume 54, Issue 1, Pages 217-225Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ie503503k
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- SINOPEC [G6001-12-ZS-0242, G6001-13-ZS-0415, G6001-14-ZS-0464(214093)]
- National Science-technology Support Plan Projects [2011BAE26B00]
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The high melt strength polypropylene (HMSPP) is fabricated by direct polymerization through controlling the species and ratios of the external electron donors in the ZieglerNatta catalyst system at different reaction stages. The polypropylene exhibits wide molecular weight distribution and higher melt strength. The expanded polypropylene (EPP) beads are prepared by the above HMSPP through an autoclave-based batch process. The effects of melt strength on the cellular morphology of EPP are investigated by scanning electron microscope and melt strength meter, respectively. Results indicate higher melt strength facilitates the control of the foaming process and the cellular structure compared with a commercial propylene homopolymer such as T03. The bimodal cell structure is obtained with the single foaming agent CO2 in both of the EPP beads from HMSPP and commercial polypropylene.
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