Mechanical properties and fractal morphology of high-impact polystyrene/poly(styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene) blends

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 90, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 295-302

  Jelcic, Z ^a   Holjevac Grguric, T ^b   Rek, V ^b  

^a PLIVA CROATIA LTD   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Creep; Fractal index; Fracture surface; High impact polystyrene (HIPS); HIPS SBS blends; Recovery; Styrene butadiene styrene (SBS); Torque

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CREEP; DEGRADATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; RECOVERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; TORQUE;

FRACTAL INDEX; FRACTURE SURFACE; HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE (HIPS); HIPS/SBS BLENDS; STYRENE/BUTADIENE/STYRENE (SBS);

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 24144473076     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.02.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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