Morphological and mechanical properties of rubber-toughened polyamide 6/ polypropylene nanocomposites prepared by different methods of compounding

Journal of Elastomers and Plastics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-247

  Wahit, M U ^a   Hassan, Azmanh ^a   Rahmat, A R ^a   Mohd Ishak, Z A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blending sequence; Melt intercalation; Nanocomposites; Organoclay; PA6 PP blends

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COPOLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; EXTRUSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYAMIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES;

BLENDING SEQUENCE EFFECT; ETHYLENE OCTENE COPOLYMER; MELT INTERCALATION; ORGANOCLAY;

RUBBER COMPOUNDING;

EID: 33745296758     PISSN: 00952443     EISSN: 15308006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095244306063852     Document Type: Article

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