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Amorphous polypropylene (aPP) is characterized by a random steric orientation of the methyl pendant groups on the tertiary carbon atoms along the molecular chain. The random sequence of these methyl substituents is linked to an atactic configuration. Due to its fully amorphous nature, aPP is easy soluble (even at ambient temperatures) in a great number of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, esters and other solvents in contrast to the isotactic PP (iPP) of semicrystalline feature.
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Karger-Kocsis, J. (1999). Amorphous or atactic polypropylene. In: Karger-Kocsis, J. (eds) Polypropylene. Polymer Science and Technology Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4421-6_2
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