Cure kinetics of epoxy-based nanocomposites analyzed by Avrami theory of phase change

Polymer Testing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 689-697

  Chen, D Z ^a   He, P S ^a   Pan, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic torsional vibration method; Epoxy resin; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

CURING; EPOXY RESINS; GELATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC TORSIONAL VIBRATION METHOD (DTVM);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0037545897     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(03)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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