Mechanical properties of short glass fibre reinforced and functionalized rubber-toughened PET blends

Polymer Testing

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 923-931

  Fung, K L ^a   Li, Robert K Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fracture; Poly (ethylene terephthalate); Toughening

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRENGTH; RUBBER TOUGHENING; STYRENE-ETHYLENE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (SEBS); TERNARY BLENDS;

ELASTIC MODULI; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TOUGHNESS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 33749432443     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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