Q. Sun et al., Crystallization behavior of syndiotactic poly(propylene) freeze-dried fromtoluene at very dilute concentration, MACRO RAPID, 22(14), 2001, pp. 1182-1185
Syndiotactic poly(propylene)s (s-PPs) were freeze-dried from toluene soluti
ons of various concentrations. FT-IR spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray diff
raction were used to characterize the s-PPs prepared. The isothermal crysta
llization behavior was also investigated by means of differential scanning
calorimetry. The disentangled particles are of high crystallinity and show
crystallization rates. A trans-planar conformation is developed when s-PP w
as freeze-dried from more dilute solution.