Thermogravimetric studies on Polyamide-6,6 modified by electron beam irradiation and by nanofillers

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1311-1318

  Sengupta, Rajatendu ^a   Sabharwal, S ^b   Bhowmick, Anil K ^a   Chaki, Tapan K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Electron beam irradiation; Multi walled carbon nanotube; Nanocomposites; Polyamide 6,6; Silica

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SOL-GELS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYAMIDE-6,6;

POLYAMIDES;

EID: 33646369178     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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