Nucleating Agents
- ISBN-10
- 1847350836
- ISBN-13
- 9781847350831
- Category
- Crystalline polymers
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-11
- Publisher
- iSmithers Rapra Publishing
- Author
- Stuart Fairgrieve
Description
A very important factor in obtaining optimised physical properties from a semi-crystalline polymer is the size of the crystalline structures present in the material, and this crucially depends on the initiation process of crystallisation of the polymer from the melt - nucleation. This review provides information on the development of materials and methods for influencing the nucleation of polymer crystallisation in commercial processing by means of addition of low levels of adjuvants specifically selected for this purpose.
