Gamma irradiation effects on impact strength and thermal properties of SBR-toughened polystyrene

Polimery/Polymers

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-14

  Brostow, Witold ^a,b   Castaño, Victor M ^a,b   Horta, Jaime ^c   Martinez Barrera, Gonzalo ^a,d  

^a University of North Texas   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gamma irradiation; Impact strength; Polymer blends; Polystyrene; SBR; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GAMMA RAYS; IMPACT TESTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

IMPACT STRENGTH; RUBBER PHASES;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0346433581     PISSN: 00322725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14314/polimery.2004.009     Document Type: Article

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