The influence of a polymeric nucleating additive on the crystallisation in glass fibre reinforced polyamide 6 composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 2606-2615

  Goschel U ^a   Lutz, W ^a   Davidson, N C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b MALVERN INSTRUMENTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interface; B. Microstructure; B. Nucleation; E. Injection moulding

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INJECTION MOLDING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; POLYAMIDES;

GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYAMIDE COMPOSITES; SPHERULITIC GROWTH; TRANSCRYSTALLINE LAYER;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

ADDITIVE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; GLASS FIBER; INJECTION MOLDING; KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; NYLON 6;

EID: 34248653481     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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