A. Wlochowicz et J. Garbarczyk, STRUCTURAL-ANALYSIS OF AN INTERPHASE REGION OF ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE, Polymer international, 34(3), 1994, pp. 253-256
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data have been used to deduce the
localization of organic additives in the bulk of isotactic polypropyle
ne (iPP). The results have shown that changes in the thickness of a tr
ansition layer are not directly connected with the introduction of add
itives but with the content of the hexagonal beta-form. This leads to
the conclusion that the additives are placed in the amorphous phase in
spite of their crucial influence on the formation of the crystalline
phase of iPP.