ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The physical properties of high-pressure ethylene vinylacetate (EVA) copolymers having an average melt index of 8.5 g/10 min and a mol% of VA less than 20 are studied. A comparison is made with the properties of their saponified derivatives, the ethylene vinylalcohol (EVAl) co- and ethylene vinylalcohol vinylacetate (EVAlVA) terpolymers. A melt-index effect is noted. Density, thermal, and mechanical properties of EVA copolymers are determined by the degree of crystallinity, which depends on the mol% VA and on the degree of alkyl shortchain branches. EVAlVA terpolymer properties depend on the residual mol% VA. EVAl copolymers proved to have some properties similar to low-density polyethylene. The hydrogen-bonding effect via hydroxyl groups was negligible for this level of vinylalcohol incorporation.
Additional Material:
27 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760230604
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