Investigation of free volume and the interfacial, and toughening behavior for epoxy resin/rubber composites by positron annihilation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-251

  Minfeng, Zeng ^a   Xudong, Sun ^a   Huiquan, Xiao ^a   Genzhong, Ji ^a   Xuewen, Jiang ^a   Baoyi, Wang ^b   Chenze, Qi ^a  

^a SHAOXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Butadiene acrylonitrile rubber; Epoxy resin; Positron annihilation; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; CARBOXYLATION; EPOXY RESINS; FREE VOLUME; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POSITRON ANNIHILATION; RUBBER; TOUGHENING;

BUTADIENE ACRYLONITRILE RUBBER; INTERFACE LAYERS; POSITRON LIFETIME COMPONENTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

1,3 BUTADIENE; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ACRYLONITRILE; EPOXY RESIN; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 37349073764     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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