Effects of coupling agents on the impact fracture behaviors of T-ZnOw/PA6 composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1338-1347

  Shi, Jing ^a   Wang, Yong ^a,b   Gao, Yao ^a   Bai, Hongwei ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; A. T ZnOw whisker; B. Coupling agent; C. Impact fracture behavior

Indexed keywords

COUPLING AGENTS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DEFORMATION; IMPACT STRENGTH; POLYAMIDES; TOUGHENING; ZINC OXIDE;

IMPACT FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; ZINC OXIDE WHISKER;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; IMPACT; MATRIX; PULL-OUT; STRENGTH; SYNTHETIC POLYAMIDE;

EID: 40649084798     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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