The isotacticity is determined by 13C-NMR analysis on the total polymer. In the spectral region of the methyl groups, the signals corresponding to the pentads mmmm, mmmr, mmrr and mrrm are assigned using published data, for example, A. Razavi, Macromol. Symp., vol. 89, pages 345-367. Only the pentads mmmm, mmmr, mmrr and mrrm are taken into consideration due to the weak intensity of the signals corresponding to the remaining pentads. For the signal relating to the mmrr pentad, a correction is performed for its overlap with a methyl signal related to 2,1-insertions. The percentage of mmmm pentads is then calculated according to % mmmm=AREAmmmm/(AREAmmmm+AREAmmmr+AREAmmrr+AREAmrrm)·100
Melting temperatures Tm were determined according to ISO 11357-3:2018 on a DSC Q2000 instrument by TA Instruments. To erase the thermal history the samples are first heated to 200° C. and kept at 200° C. for 3 minutes. The reported melting temperatures Tm are then determined with heating and cooling rates of 20° C./min.
The density of polymer or polymer compound is determined according to ISO 1183 at a temperature of 23° C.
Density of fibers (like silver-coated glass fibres presented in the examples) is measured using a Quantachrome Ultrapyc 1200e pycnometer.