@inproceedings{upm3867, pages = {0--0}, booktitle = {Study of the Molecular Weight Influence on the Formation of the {\ss}-polymorph in Metallocenic Isotactic Polypropylene}, title = {Study of the Molecular Weight Influence on the Formation of the {\ss}-polymorph in Metallocenic Isotactic Polypropylene}, address = {Weinheim, Alemania}, year = {2009}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin}, url = {http://www.icpc-conference.org/previous\%5feditions/2nd\%5ficpc\%5fvalencia\%5f2008}, author = {Benavente Castro, Ma del Rosario and Polo-Corpa, M. J. and P{\'e}rez Tabernero, Ernesto and Lorenzo Esteban, Vicente}, abstract = {Isotactic polypropylene, iPP, is one of the most important thermoplastic polymers due to its low manufacturing cost and rather versatile properties. iPP exhibits a very interesting polymorphic behavior depending on the polymerization procedure, thermal history and use of different nucleating agents. Recently, studies on different aspects of the iPP {\ensuremath{\beta}}-polymorph have been published [1, 2]. This paper completes these previous works by analyzing the formation of the {\ensuremath{\beta}}-polymorph starting from samples of metallocenic iPP of different molecular weight. We also consider the effect of the cooling rate in the appearance of {\ensuremath{\beta}}-polymorph in the iPP samples that were studied.} }