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Isotactic polypropylene is more commercial and has an intermediate level crystallinity between that of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE), and Young's modulus is also intermediate. PP is usually tough and flexible, especially when copolymerized with ethylene. This allows polypropylene to be used as an engineering plastic, competing materials such as ABS. Polypropylene is reasonably economic, and can be transparent when no color, but not so easy to make as clear as polystyrene, acrylic or some other. It is often opaque or color pigments. Polypropylene has good resistance to fatigue. The MFR (melt index) and MFI (melt flow rate) is a measure of molecular weight PP. The measure helps determine the ease fused with the raw material flow during the process. MFR polypropylene increased to fill the plastic mold more easily during the injection or blow molding production process. With increasing fluency, however, some physical properties such as impact resistance, will decrease. There are three general types of PP: homopolymer, random copolymer and block copolymer. The comonomer used is typically ethylene. Ethylene-propylene rubber or EPDM PP homopolymer added increases impact strength at low temperatures. Random polymerized ethylene monomer added to PP homopolymer decreases the crystallinity of the polymer and the polymer becomes more transparent. Polypropylene is responsible for the degradation of the chain of exposure to UV radiation, such as this in the light of sun. The oxidation usually occurs at present the secondary carbon atom in each repeating unit. A free radical is formed here, and then reacts with oxygen, followed by chain scission to produce aldehydes and carboxylic acids. In external applications, shown as a network of fine cracks and follies that become deeper and more severe with exposure time. An important concept in understanding the relationship between structure polypropylene and its properties tacticity. The relative orientation of each methyl group (CH3 in the figure at left) relative to the methyl groups on neighboring monomers has a strong effect on the finished polymer's ability to form crystals, because each methyl group takes up space and limited spine flexion. Like most of vinyl polymers, useful polypropylene can not be done by radical polymerization due to the higher reactivity of allylic hydrogen (leading to dimerization) during polymerization.

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