Compatibility study of blends of acrylic rubber (ACM), poly(ethyleneterephalate) (PET), and liquid crystalline polymer (LCP)

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 42 A, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1181-1195

  Shivakumar, Ega ^a   Srivastava, Ravi Bihari ^b   Pandey, Kailash Nath ^b   Das, Chapal Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DEFENCE MATERIALS AND STORES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Acrylic rubber; Compatibility; Crystallanity; Glass transition temperature; Liquid crystalline polymer; Poly(ethyleneterephalate)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MIXING; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RUBBER;

ACRYLIC RUBBER (ACM); DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYZER (DMA); LCP; MELT MIXING;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 26444511105     PISSN: 10601325     EISSN: 15205738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10601320500189455     Document Type: Article

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