Comparison of the performance of vulcanized rubbers and elastomer/TPE/iron composites for less lethal ammunition applications

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 966-975

  Puskas, Judit E ^a   Kumar, Bhuwneesh ^b   Ebied, Amer ^b   Lamperd, Barry ^c   Kaszas, Gabor ^d   Sandler, Jan ^e   Altstadt, Volker ^e  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Pine Tree Law Enforcement Products of Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^d Lanxess Inc   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMUNITION; CROSSLINKING; IRON; PLASTICITY; RUBBER; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; VULCANIZATION;

CARBON-FILLED RUBBER; POLYMER COMPOSITES; POLYMER SCIENCE; VULCANIZED RUBBER;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 23844491473     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20363     Document Type: Article

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