Abstract
AbstractThe viscoelastic properties of fourteen syndio‐ and isotactic polypropylenes (PPs) were measured in the molten state at several temperatures by means of oscillatory rheometry. Metallocene catalysis allows the control of molecular mass of both PP families and provides narrow molecular mass distributions (MMD) with a polydispersity of about 2. The validity of the Arrhenius and WLF equations for PP was checked. Syndio‐ and isotactic PP follow Arrhenius behavior but exhibit different activation energies of flow. From the dynamic shear moduli, viscoelastic parameters were determined and correlated with molecular mass. The dependence of the zero shear viscosity on the weight average molar mass exhibits the well‐known scaling relation. Stereoregularity has an important effect on the viscoelestic behavior of PP melts.
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