Haze of Polyethylene Films-Effects of Material Parameters and Clarifying Agents
| Title |
Haze of Polyethylene Films-Effects of Material Parameters and Clarifying Agents |
| Publication year |
2002 |
| General note |
DOI 10.1002/pen.11014 |
| Language |
English |
| Author |
Andreassen, Erik |
| Co-Authors |
Larsen, Åge - Skar, Merete - Øysæd, Harry (Norner) - Nord-Varhaug, Katrin (Norner) |
| Source |
Polymer Engineering & Science, 42 (5), 2002, 1082 - 1097 |
| Abstract |
Effects of material parameters on the haze of blown films were analyzed. Four linear-low-density polyethylenes (two metallocene grades and two Ziegler-Natta grades) were studied in combination with three additives (two sorbitol-based clarifying agents and a low-molecular-weight long-chain branched polyethylene). One of the sorbitol-based additives reduced the haze of both the metallocene materials in this study, but did not have any positive effect on the two Ziegler-Natta materials. The variation in haze among the four base materials was directly related to the root-mean-square surface roughness (s). When considering all 16 material/additive combinations, the link between haze and surface topography was not a simple s-haze relationship, but the haze was correlated with the average distance between adjacent surface profile peaks, the average slope, and the power spectral density at high lateral frequencies. Both of the mechanisms referred to in the literature, extrusion-induced haze and crystallization-induced haze, were probably active for the films in this study. |