Brittle-ductile transitions and the toughening mechanism in paraffin/organo-clay nanocomposites

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 467, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 172-180

  Wang, Jinfeng ^a   Severtson, Steven J ^a   Geil, Phillip H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Nanocomposite; Paraffin wax; Preferred orientation; Toughening mechanism

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CLAY; DUCTILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; MORPHOLOGY; PARAFFIN WAXES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHENING;

BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION; FRACTURE MECHANISM; ORGANO-CLAY; TOUGHENING MECHANISM;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

BRITTLENESS; CLAY; DUCTILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PARAFFIN WAXES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUGHENING;

EID: 34447650223     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2007.02.112     Document Type: Article

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