Investigation of mechanical, thermal and chemical properties of HDPE/PEG/OMT nanocomposites

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2591-2597

  Mohaddespour, A ^a   Ahmadi, S J ^b   Abolghasemi, H ^a   Jafarinejad, Sh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compatibilizer; HDPE; Nanocomposite; Organoclay

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPATIBILIZERS; ELASTIC MODULI; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY CONTENT; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); SURFACE HARDNESS;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 35348962027     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.2591.2597     Document Type: Article

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