Foam processing and cellular structure of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1907-1918

  Nam, Pham Hoai ^a   Maiti, Pralay ^a   Okamoto, Masami ^a   Kotaka, Tadao ^a   Nakayama, Takashi ^b   Takada, Mitsuko ^b   Ohshima, Masahiro ^b   Usuki, Arimitsu ^c   Hasegawa, Naoki ^c   Okamoto, Hirotaka ^c  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLAY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOAMED PLASTICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMAL EFFECTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELLULAR STRUCTURE; FOAM PROCESSING; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 18644385206     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11083     Document Type: Article

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