The effect of rubber type and rubber functionality on the morphological and mechanical properties of rubber-toughened polyamide 6/polypropylene nanocomposites

Polymer Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 767-780

  Wahit, Mat Uzir ^a   Hassan, Azman ^a   Mohd Ishak, Zainal Ariffin ^b   Rahmat, Abdul Razak ^a   Othman, Norhayani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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

Author keywords

Mechanical Properties; Nanocomposites; Organoclay; Polyamide 6; Polypropylene Blends; Rubber Functionality

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCLAY; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYPROPYLENE BLENDS; RUBBER FUNCTIONALITY;

ELASTOMERS; INJECTION MOLDING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

POLYAMIDES;

EID: 33749635813     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1295/polymj.PJ2005141     Document Type: Article

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