Twin-screw extrusion of polypropylene-clay nanocomposites: Influence of masterbatch processing, screw rotation mode, and sequence

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 898-911

  Treece, Mark A ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Moffitt, Ronald D ^b   Oberhauser, James P ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Advanced and Applied Polymer Processing Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COMPATIBILIZERS; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COUNTERROTATING MODE; MASTERBATCH PROCESSING; POLYMER-CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES (PCN);

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 34250215647     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20774     Document Type: Article

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