A NOVEL NUCLEATING AGENT FOR POLYETHYLENE, 2007 PLACE Conference

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Polyolefins are the most widely consumed plastic materials in the world. Their wide ranging versatility and cost competitiveness has lead to continued growth in recent times. Polypropylene has been modified through the use of nucleation for a number of years. Nucleation, of which clarification is considered a subset, has led to improvements in optical properties, physical properties, warpage control, and processing speed of polypropylene across many different processing techniques (injection molding, blow molding and extrusion).