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Effect of processing parameters on the morphology development during extrusion of polyethylene tape : an in-line small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) study
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Heeley, E. L., Gough, T., Hughes, Darren J., Bras, W., Rieger, J. and Ryan, A. J. (2013) Effect of processing parameters on the morphology development during extrusion of polyethylene tape : an in-line small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) study. Polymer, 54 (24). pp. 6580-6588. doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2013.10.004 ISSN 0032-3861.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2013.10.004
Abstract
The in-line development of crystalline morphology and orientation during melt extrusion of low density polyethylene (LDPE) tape at nil and low haul-off speeds has been investigated using Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS). The processing parameters, namely haul-off speed and distance down the tape-line have been varied and the resulting crystalline morphology is described from detailed analysis of the SAXS data. Increasing haul-off speed increased orientation in the polymer tape and the resulting morphology could be described in terms of regular lamellar stacking perpendicular to the elongation direction. In contrast, under nil haul-off conditions the tape still showed some orientation down the tape-line, but a shish-kebab structure prevails. The final lamellae thickness ( ∼50 Å) and bulk crystallinity (∼20%), were low at, for all processing conditions investigated, which is attributed to the significant short-chain branching in the polymer acting as point defects limiting lamellae crystal growth.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Polymer | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0032-3861 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 14 November 2013 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 54 | ||||||||
Number: | 24 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 6580-6588 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.10.004 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
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