Mechanical properties and morphology of nitrile rubber toughened polystyrene

International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1041-1050

  Sreenivasan, P V ^a,b   Kurian, Philip ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b UNION CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Impact strength; Polystyrene; Powdered nitrile rubber; Toughness

Indexed keywords

NITRILE RUBBER; POLYSTYRENE MATRIX; POWDERED NITRILE RUBBER;

ADHESION; BENDING STRENGTH; CROSSLINKING; ELASTIC MODULI; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRESS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 34547799642     PISSN: 00914037     EISSN: 1563535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00914030701215701     Document Type: Article

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