Abstract
Electron beam-irradiated polypropylene undergoes chain scission initiated by the loss of a proton. The resulting macroradicals can lead to branched molecules. However, the understanding of the influence of irradiation on the branching of polypropylene is still scarce. Therefore, this paper investigates structure–property relationships in such irradiated polymers. In general, irradiation yields long-chain branches, which develop from a star-like into a tree-like branching architecture with increasing dose. These conclusions can be drawn from the relation between the zero shear-rate viscosity η 0 and the weight average molar mass M w as well as from the elongational behavior.
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