Injection molded glass fiber reinforced poly(trimethylene terephthalate) composites: Fabrication and properties evaluation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 857-862

  Liu, Wanjun ^a   Mohanty, Amar K ^b   Drzal, Lawrence T ^a   Misra, Manjusri ^a   Kurian, Joseph V ^c   Miller, Ray W ^c   Strickland, Nick ^c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INJECTION MOLDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (ESEM); IMPACT STRENGTH; POLY(TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PTT); THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

GLASS; POLY(TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); TEREPHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAT TREATMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13644269235     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049112f     Document Type: Article

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