An investigation on the impact fracture characteristics of EPR toughened polypropylene

Polymer Testing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-380

  Tam, W Y ^a   Cheung, T ^a   Li, R K Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPOLYMERS; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT TESTING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS (EPR); IMPACT FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; TOUGHENING ADDITIVES;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0030213025     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9418(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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