A real-time WAXS and SAXS study of the structural evolution of LLDPE bubble |
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| Authors: | Haoyuan Zhao Qianlei Zhang Samard Ali Lifu Li Fei Lv Youxin Ji Fengmei Su Lingpu Meng Liangbin Li |
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| Institution: | National Synchrotron Radiation Lab, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 China |
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| Abstract: | The structural evolution during the linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) film blowing has been studied with a combination of home-made blown film apparatus and in situ WAXS and SAXS measurements. Analyzing the evolution of orientation parameters and crystallinity of the bubble shows that the blown film process can be divided into four regions. Distinctly different features of LLDPE bubble are observed in first three regions: (a) lower orientation parameters during the blown film process, (b) higher crystallinity is required to form a deformable crystalline crosslinked network, and (c) the weaker stretching effect and the difficulty of reaching equilibrium when the crystal network deforms. These results should provide a basis for understanding the poor blown film stability of LLDPE. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2018 , 56, 1404–1412 |
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| Keywords: | In situ measurement linear low-density polyethylene blowing film polymer crystallization processing stability synchrotron radiation X-ray scattering |
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