Gelation kinetics in elastomer/thermoset polymer blends

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 614-623

  Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Chira, Irene ^a   Loppinet, Benoit ^a   McGrail, Patrick T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blends; Curing; Epoxy rubber; Gelation; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BLEND; ELASTOMER; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0032434555     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003970050148     Document Type: Article

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