Environmental and cost assessment of a polypropylene nanocomposite

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-226

  Roes, A L ^a   Marsili, E ^a   Nieuwlaar, E ^a   Patel, M K ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Lifecycle costing; Nanotechnology; Polypropylene nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

ASHBY'S MATERIAL INDICES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PACKAGING FILM;

AUTOMOBILE INSTRUMENT PANELS; COST ACCOUNTING; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FILM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER;

EID: 35648960283     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-007-0064-5     Document Type: Article

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