Abstract
AbstractThe relationship between the structure and the final properties of materials is an important issue in polymer science. In particular, the properties of polyolefins are impacted by their branching contents. A simple rheological method is presented to estimate the degree of short chain branching (SCB) in linear low‐density polyethylene (LLDPE). A range of ethylene‐1‐hexene copolymers is synthetized using a metallocene catalyst to obtain homogenous LLDPE models with various comonomer contents. The polymers are analyzed by size exclusion chromatography, 13C NMR, and crystallization elution fractionation to determine both their molar masses and their chemical composition distributions. Subsequently, they are measured by rheology to assess the impact of SCB. This work provides calibration curves for rheology and proves that it is possible to predict the SCB content in LLDPE from the melt viscosity analysis.
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