Binary mixtures of polyethylene and oxidized wax: Dependency of thermal and mechanical properties upon mixing procedure

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2446-2456

  Mtshali, T N ^a   Van Sittert, C G C E ^a   Djokovic V ^a,b   Luyt, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Blends; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Mechanical properties; Polyethylene (PE); Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRUSION; MIXING; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WAXES;

OXIDIZED WAX;

BINARY MIXTURES;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER BLEND; WAX;

EID: 0038719244     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.12466     Document Type: Article

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