| Abstract: | This article provides a method to obtain high-hoop-strength high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe by mandrel-rotating extrusion. With properly selected processing temperature, pressure, and mandrel-rotating speed, the hoop strength of 90 Mpa has been got. Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray scattering found the great strength enhancement was owning to high degree of macromolecular orientation in circumferential direction and the shish-kebab structure. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 69: 323–328, 1998 |
