Foaming behaviour and cellular structure of LDPE/hectorite nanocomposites

Polymer

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2098-2108

  Velasco, J I ^a   Antunes, M ^a   Ayyad, O ^a   Lopez Cuesta J M ^b   Gaudon, P ^b   Saiz Arroyo, C ^c   Rodriguez Perez M A ^c   de Saja, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foams; LDPE; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FOAMED PLASTICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; X RAY SCATTERING;

CELL WALL TEXTURE; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; FOAM MORPHOLOGY; HECTORITE;

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLINITY; FOAM; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYETHYLENE; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 33947148656     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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