Thermal and mechanical behavior of injection molded poly(3-hydroxybutyrate/poly(ε-caprolactone) blends

Materials Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-27

  Duarte, Marcia Adriana Tomaz ^a   Hugen, Roberson Goulart ^a   Martins, Eduardo Sant'Anna ^a   Pezzin, Ana Paula Testa ^b   Pezzin, Sérgio Henrique ^a  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOINVILLE REGION   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cold compaction; Injection molding; Mechanical behavior; P(3HB)

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; INJECTION MOLDING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MATERIALS; COLD COMPACTION; FOX EQUATION; MELTING TEMPERATURE; POLY(HYDROXYBUTYRATE);

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 33645815725     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: 15161439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.11.056     Document Type: Article

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