Moisture diffusion through vinyl ester nanocomposites made with montmorillonite clay

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1852-1863

  Shah, Apoorva P ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Gangarao, Hota V S ^a   Powell, Clois E ^b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b Southern Clay Products Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOISTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE DIFFUSION; MONTMORILLONITE CLAY;

VINYL RESINS;

EID: 0036710307     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11078     Document Type: Article

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