Melt process and performance of multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforced LDPE composites

Pigment and Resin Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 341-345

  Zhao, D ^a,b   Lei, Q ^a   Qin, C ^b   Bai, X ^b  

^a HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Ultrasonic frequencies

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); TENSILE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33751094290     PISSN: 03699420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03699420610711344     Document Type: Article

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