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Cover Image, Volume 131, Issue 23
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.41133
Subject(s) - polypropylene , cover (algebra) , pellets , polymer science , materials science , polymer , composite material , molding (decorative) , volume (thermodynamics) , computer science , composite number , copolymer , window (computing) , computer graphics (images) , physics , mechanical engineering , world wide web , engineering , thermodynamics
The most important hindrance of the use of self‐reinforced polymer composites is a narrow processing window, due to the small difference in melting temperature of the polymer matrix and reinforcement. In the case of polypropylene, the problem of this processing window is eliminated by using low‐melting copolymers. Jacek Andrzejewski, Marek Szostak, Mateusz Barczewski, Janusz Krasucki, and Tomasz Sterzynski use low‐melting polypropylene copolymer as a matrix material in the preparation of monocomposite pellets. The prepared composite pellets are processed and shaped using injection molding technology. The cover displays an SEM image of the co‐extruded pellets. DOI: 10.1002/app.41180