Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers

2007 Edition
| Editors: Jan W. Gooch

Isotactic polypropylene

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30160-0_6436
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n. Polypropylene in which each mer unit has the pendant –CH3 group on the same side of the chain backbone. Commercial PPs are about 90% isotactic, conferring high crystallinity and softening range. In contrast, atactic PP is rubbery and weak.

References

  1. Odian GC (2004) Principles of polymerization. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.Google Scholar

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