Brittle-tough transition of polypropylene-elastomer-filler hybrids

Polymer Networks and Blends

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-92

  Shanks, Robert A ^a   Long, Yu ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blends; Calcium Carbonate; Fillers; Micro cracking; Microstructure; Polypropylene; Talc

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE TOUGH TRANSITION;

BRITTLENESS; CALCITE; CRACK INITIATION; ELASTOMERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NYLON POLYMERS; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYPROPYLENES; TALC;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0030713932     PISSN: 11819510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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