Fast isothermal calorimetry of modified polypropylene clay nanocomposites

Polymer

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2404-2414

  Ray, V V ^a,b   Banthia, A K ^b   Schick, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Crystallization kinetics; Polypropylene; Ultra fast scanning calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLAY; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYPROPYLENES;

ISOTHERMAL CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ULTRA FAST SCANNING CALORIMETRY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CALORIMETRY; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INJECTION MOLDING; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 33947601455     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2007.02.055     Document Type: Article

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