Correlating filler transparency with inorganic/polymer composite transparency

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2451-2459

  Schulz, Heiko ^a   Burtscher, Peter ^b   Mädler, Lutz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interface interphase; B. Optical properties techniques; D. Optical microscopy

Indexed keywords

FILLERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPARENCY;

BATCH-WISE QUALITY; DRIFTS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 36549068338     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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