Polyethylene Nanocomposites - Investigating the Tensile Properties of Polyethylene Nanocomposites for Rotational Moulding

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 1189-1193

  Murphy, Michael J ^a   Truss, R ^a   Halley, P ^a   Martin, D ^a   Ang, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clays; Nanocomposites; Rotational moulding

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MELTING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ROTATIONAL MOLDING; SOLIDIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; YIELD STRESS;

CROSS HEAD SPEEDS (CHS);

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0141729397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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