A study of milling of pure polymers and a structural transformation of polyethylene

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Publication date 1997
Journal Materials Science Forum
Pages (from-to) 211-216
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI)
Abstract We investigated possible physical and chemical changes in inert polymers by means of mechanical milling. No chemical changes were observed. However, in polystyrene we found two glass temperatures after milling, in contrast to one glass temperature in the original material. Under certain conditions crystalline polyethylene transformed almost completely from the orthorhombic to the monoclinic structure.
Document type Article
Note Proceedings title: Synthesis and properties of mechanically alloyed and nanocrystalline materials : ISMANAM-96 : proceedings of the international symposium on metastable, mechanically alloyed and nanocrystalline materials Rome, Italy, May 20-24, 1996 Publisher: Trans Tech Place of publication: Zürich-Uetikon ISBN: 9780878497508 Editors: D. Fiorani, M. Magini
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