Aging mechanisms and monitoring of cable polymers

N Bowler, S Liu - International Journal of Prognostics and …, 2015 - papers.phmsociety.org
Aging mechanisms of two polymeric insulation materials that are used widely in nuclear
power plant low-voltage cables; cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) and ethylene propylene …

Carbon nanotube manipulates crystallization kinetics and viscoelastic behavior of PP/EBC blends

N Rajabifar, P Yazdandoost, PG Dastnaei… - SPE …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Polypropylene (PP) offers numerous benefits to industrial applications due to its excellent
processability and cost‐effectiveness. However, the widespread utilization of this commodity …

Copolymer distribution in core–shell rubber particles in high-impact polypropylene investigated by atomic force microscopy–infrared

C Li, Z Wang, W Liu, X Ji, Z Su - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
High-impact polypropylene (HIPP) is an important and industrially relevant material with a
complex morphological structure. In this paper, two commercial resins with similar rubber …

New polypropylene blends toughened by polypropylene/poly (ethylene-co-propylene) in-reactor alloy: Compositional and morphological influence on mechanical …

R Li, X Zhang, Y Zhao, X Hu, X Zhao, D Wang - Polymer, 2009 - Elsevier
A new toughening agent, polypropylene/poly (ethylene-co-propylene) in-reactor alloy (EP-
P), has been adopted to modify isotactic polypropylene (PP) in present study. Systematic …

Phase interactions and structure evolution of heterophasic ethylene–propylene copolymers as a function of system composition

P Doshev, G Lohse, S Henning… - Journal of applied …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Heterophasic copolymers comprised of polypropylene (PP) matrix and ethylene–propylene
copolymer (EPC) dispersed phase were investigated with respect to the dispersed phase …

Morphology of impact polypropylene copolymer extruded cast film revealed by confocal Raman imaging

C Zhang, M Xu, M Ren, H Shi, G Liu, J Li, X Liu… - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
An impact polypropylene copolymer (IPC), composed of polypropylene (PP) and ethylene-
propylene copolymer (EPC), was synthesized through two-stage in-reactor polymerization. A …

Miscibility of isotactic polypropylene with random and block ethylene-octene copolymers studied by atomic force microscopy-infrared

Z Zhong, L Peng, N Zhang, J Su, N Ye, Z Luo, CC Han… - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethylene-octene random copolymers (EOCs) and block copolymers (OBCs) have been used
extensively in toughening isotactic polypropylene (iPP). In this work, the miscibility of …

Time-resolved SAXS/WAXD under tensile deformation: Role of segmental ethylene–propylene copolymers in impact-resistant polypropylene copolymers

W Rungswang, C Jarumaneeroj… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Structural evolution of impact-resistant polypropylene copolymers (IPCs), having different
compositions of segmental ethylene–propylene (sEP) copolymers, under tensile …

Periodic switching of monomer additions for controlling the compositions and microstructures of segmented and random ethylene-propylene copolymers in …

Z Tian, XP Gu, GL Wu, LF Feng, ZQ Fan… - Industrial & engineering …, 2011 - ACS Publications
This work aims at shading fundamental insights into mechanisms that dictate the
composition and microstructure of polypropylene/poly (ethylene-co-propylene)(PP/EPR) in …

Polypropylene/polyethylene blends as models for high‐impact propylene‐ethylene copolymers, part 2: Relation between composition and mechanical performance

C Kock, N Aust, C Grein… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The relation between composition and mechanical performance of a series of binary
polyolefin blends was studied in this article. A fractionation of these model compounds with …