Shrinkage control and kinetics behaviour of clay-unsaturated polyester nanocomposites

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 841-849

  Beheshty, Mohamad Hossain ^a   Vafayan, Mehdy ^a   Poorabdollah, Mehdi ^a  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Low profile additives; Nanoclay; Nanocomposites; Shrinkage; Unsaturated polyester resin

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CLAY; POLYESTERS; RATE CONSTANTS; SHRINKAGE; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

LOW PROFILE ADDITIVES (LPAS); NANOCLAY; QUASI-ADIABATIC REACTORS; UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33845982956     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 10261265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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