Gamma irradiation effect on polystyrene + SBR blends: Morphology and microhardness

Polimery/Polymers

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 657-662

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gamma irradiation; Impact behavior; Microhardness; Polymer blends; Polystyrene; SBR; SEM; Surface morphology

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; COPOLYMERS; GAMMA RAYS; MICROHARDNESS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACES;

GAMMA IRRADIATION; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; STYRENE/BUTADIENE (SBR);

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 24644452686     PISSN: 00322725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14314/polimery.2005.657     Document Type: Article

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