Short glass fibre reinforced poly(butylene terephthalate) Part 1 - Microstructural characterisation and kinetics of moisture absorption

Plastics, Rubber and Composites Processing and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 263-270

  Mohd Ishak, Z A ^a   Tengku Mansor, T S A ^a   Yow, B N ^a   Ishiaku, U S ^a   Karger Kocsis, J ^b  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOPLASTICS; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

MOISTURE ABSORPTION; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; SINGLE FREE PHASE MODEL; WATER IMMERSION TEMPERATURES;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0343972358     PISSN: 09598111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146580100101541058     Document Type: Article

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