Mechanical and fracture toughness behavior of TPNR nanocomposites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2147-2159

  Ahmad, S H ^a   Rasid, R ^a   Surip, S N ^b   Anuar, H ^c   Czigany, T ^d   Razak, S B Abdul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^e RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposite; Organoclay; Thermoplastic elastomer

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICATES; THERMOPLASTICS;

ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE (EWF); LIGAMENT YIELDING; ORGANOCLAY; THERMOPLASTIC NATURAL RUBBER (TPNR);

RUBBER;

EID: 34547508976     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998307074140     Document Type: Article

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