Study on the crystallization properties of polypropylene/montmorillonite composites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 985-990

  Mingliang, Ge ^a   Demin, Jia ^a   Weibing, Xu ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Isothermal crystallization kinetics; Montmorillonite; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLIZATION PROPERTIES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLINE KINETICS; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

CLAY MINERALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; POLYPROPYLENES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION; POLYPROPYLENE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 35148854194     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550701519449     Document Type: Article

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