Gamma irradiation of high density poly(ethylene)/ethylene-vinyl acetate/clay nanocomposites: Possible mechanism of the influence of clay on irradiated nanocomposites

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 688-692

  Lu, Hongdian ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a   Kong, Qinghong ^a   Chen, Zuyao ^a   Fan, Weicheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Blends; Clay; Gamma irradiation; Nanocomposites; Poly(ethylene) (PE)

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; FLAMMABILITY; GAMMA RAYS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

NANOCOMPOSITE;

EID: 25844449329     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.642     Document Type: Article

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