Flexural and tensile moduli of polypropylene nanocomposites and comparison of experimental data to Halpin-Tsai and Tandon-Weng models

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1796-1803

  Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki ^a   Fukushima, Hiroyuki ^a   Miyagawa, Hiroaki ^a   Drzal, Lawrence T ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON BLACK; CARBON FIBERS; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAPHITE; INJECTION MOLDING; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX; TENSILE TESTING;

FLEXURAL MODULUS; GRAPHITE PLATELETS; NANOPLATELETS; TANDON-WENG MODELS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 36148983420     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20879     Document Type: Article

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