External draw ratio

E expoxidized, ester, ethyl, ethylene, etc. EDR external draw ratio... 

Wang and Cakmak (52) studied the development of structure hierarchy in tubular film blown dynamically vulcanized PP/EPDM blend. The blown films were found to exhibit an unusual asymmetric structure. The PP phase was found to fibriUate at all the outside surface, while the inner surface remained relatively featureless. This was attributed to disproportionally rapid cooling of the outside surface by the air steam blown externally onto the film being extruded. This, in turn, resulted in sohdification of very thin PP surface layers that caused their fibrillation under the heavy stress they had to endure. Increase in the blow-up ratio was found to expand this web-like surface texture. As a result of this fibrillation mechanism, the increase of both the blow-up ratio and draw-down ratios was found to reduce the mechanical properties. 

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