Thermal stability and flammability properties of heterophasic PP-EP/EVA/organoclay nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1319-1325

  Valera Zaragoza, M ^a   Ramirez Vargas E ^a   Medellin Rodriguez F J ^b   Huerta Martinez B M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b Univ Autonoma de San Luis Potosi   (Mexico)

Author keywords

EVA nanocomposites; Nanoclay systems; PP copolymers thermal properties; PP nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; FLAMMABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EVA NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCLAY SYSTEMS; PP COPOLYMERS THERMAL PROPERTIES; PP NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33646542727     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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