The Effect of Electron Irradiation on Polybutene-1 and Its Ethylene Copolymers |
| M. Hribova, F. Rybnikar and D. Manas
Department of Production Engineering, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, 760 01, Czech Republic |
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| The beta irradiation, as one of several possibilities how to modify the polymer properties resulted in isotactic polybutene-1 (PB-1) and its random copolymers with ethylene (E) mainly in chain scission without chain cross-linking. The original phase I did not change by irradiation, only the transformation rate of phase II to I increased with the irradiation dose and ethylene groups in PB-1/E copolymers. Beta irradiation decreased the sample crystallinity, crystal size, and perfection. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.122.569 PACS numbers: 61.82.Pv, 61.25.hp, 82.35.Jk |