Preparation and properties of polypropylene/vermiculite nanocomposite through Solid-State Shear Compounding (S3C) method using pan-mill equipment

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-179

  Shao, Weiguo ^a   Wang, Qi ^a,b   Chen, Yinghong ^a   Gu, Yuan ^a  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Polypropylene VMT nanocomposites; Properties; Solid state shear compounding (S3C)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPROPYLENES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYPROPYLENE/VMT NANOCOMPOSITES; PP/VMT COPOWDERS; PROPERTIES; SOLID-STATE SHEAR COMPOUNDING (S3C);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33644683873     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/AMP-200068667     Document Type: Article

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