Structure and properties of impact copolymer polypropylene. I. Chain structure

In this work, impact copolymer polypropylene (ICPP) was fractionated into 4 fractions. ICPP and the 4 fractions were studied using Fourier transform infrared and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. The results demonstrate that fraction A is ethylene–propylene rubber, fraction B is ethylene–propylene (EP) segmented copolymer, fraction C is ethylene–propylene block copolymer, and fraction D is polypropylene with a few ethylene monomers in the chain. The differences in properties between different impact copolymer polypropylenes should be due to their fractions' differences in composition and chain sequence structure. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 71: 93–101, 1999