Polymer, Vol.40, No.20, 5489-5495, 1999
Influence of the comonomer content on the thermal and dynamic mechanical properties of metallocene ethylene/1-octene copolymers
Studies of ethylene/1-octene copolymers prepared by a metallocene catalyst were carried our through dynamic-mechanical experiments (DMTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Raman spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The influence of comonomer content on the ethylene/1-octene properties, specially those related to the dynamic-mechanical behaviour were studied. It was observed that the intensity of the beta-transition increases as the comonomer content increases and decreases crystallinity,
Keywords:RANDOM ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS;ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYSTS;DENSITYPOLYETHYLENES;CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;RELAXATION PROCESSES;MOLECULAR-WEIGHT;BETA-TRANSITION;PHASE-STRUCTURE;ALPHA-OLEFINS;POLYMERIZATION