聚丙烯为无毒、无臭、无味的乳白色高结晶的聚合物，密度只有0. 90--"0. 91g/rm，是目前所有塑料中最轻的品种之一。它对水特别稳定，在水中的吸水率仅为0. O1%，分子量约8万一15万。成型性好，但因收缩率大(为1%~2.5%）.厚壁制品易凹陷，对一些尺寸精度较高零件，还难于达到要求，制品表面光泽好，易于着色。[4]

　　聚丙烯的结晶度高，结构规整，因而具有优良的力学性能。聚丙烯力学性能的绝对值高于聚乙烯，但在塑料材料中仍属于偏低的品种，其拉伸强度仅可达到30 MPa或稍高的水平。等规指数较大的聚丙烯具有较高的拉伸
　　强度，但随等规指数的提高，材料的冲击强度有所下降，但下降至某一数值后不再变化。
　　温度和加载速率对聚丙烯的韧性影响很大。当温度高于玻璃化温度时，冲击破坏呈韧性断裂，低于玻璃化温度呈脆性断裂，且冲击强度值大幅度下降。提高加载速率，可使韧性断裂向脆性断裂转变的温度上升。聚丙烯具有优异的抗弯曲疲劳性，其制品在常温下可弯折106次而不损坏。
　　但在室温和低温下，由于本身的分子结构规整度高，所以冲击强度较差。聚丙烯最突出的性能就是抗弯曲疲劳性，俗称百折胶。

　　聚丙烯具有良好的耐热性，制品能在100℃以上温度进行消毒灭菌，在不受外力的条件下，150℃也不变形。脆化温度为-35℃，在低于-35℃会发生脆化，耐寒性不如聚乙烯。对于聚丙烯玻璃化温度的报道值有一18qC, OqC, 5℃等，这也是由于人们采用不同试样，其中所含晶相与无定形相的比例不同，使分子链中无定形部分链长不同所致。聚丙烯的熔融温度比聚乙烯约提高40一50%，约为164一170℃, 100%等规度聚丙烯
　　熔点为176℃。
　　化学稳定性
　　聚丙烯的化学稳定性很好，除能被浓硫酸、浓硝酸侵蚀外，对其它各种化学试剂都比较稳定；但低分子量的脂肪烃、芳香烃和氯化烃等能使聚丙烯软化和溶胀，同时它的化学稳定性随结晶度的增加还有所提高，所以聚丙烯适合制作各种化工管道和配件，防腐蚀效果良好。

　　它有较高的介电系数，且随温度的上升，可以用来制作受热的电气绝缘制品。它的击穿电压也很高，适合用作电气配件等。抗电压、耐电弧性好，但静电度高，与铜接触易老化。

　　聚丙烯对紫外线很敏感，加入氧化锌、硫代二丙酸二月桂酯、碳黑或类似的乳白填料等可以改善其耐老化性能。
　　疏水参数计算参考值（XlogP）：3.32、 氢键供体数量：03、 氢键受体数量：34、 可旋转化学键数量：15、 互变异构体数量：6、 拓扑分子极性表面积（TPSA）：29.5避免强氧化剂，氯，高锰酸钾密闭,阴凉干燥处保存，确保有良好的通风

I had no scruples about eavesdropping, but I could make nothing of their talk. They spoke low, and in some tongue which may have been Kaffir or Portuguese, but was in any case unknown to me. I lay, cramped and eager, for many minutes, and was just getting sick of it when a familiar name caught my ear. Henriques said something in which I caught the word ‘Blaauwildebeestefontein.’ I listened intently, and there could be no mistake. The minister repeated the name, and for the next few minutes it recurred often in their talk. I went back stealthily to bed, having something to make me forget my aching tooth. First of all, Laputa and Henriques were allies. Second, the place I was bound for had something to do with their schemes.

I said nothing to Mr Wardlaw, but spent the next week in the assiduous toil of the amateur detective. I procured some maps and books from my friend, the second engineer, and read all I could about Blaauwildebeestefontein. Not that there was much to learn; but I remember I had quite a thrill when I discovered from the chart of the ship’s run one day that we were in the same latitude as that uncouthly-named spot. I found out nothing, however, about Henriques or the Rev. John Laputa. The Portuguese still smoked in the stern, and thumbed his greasy notebook; the minister sat in his deck-chair, and read heavy volumes from the ship’s library. Though I watched every night, I never found them again together.