Rheology of carbon nanofiber-reinforced polypropylene

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-433

  Ceccia, Simona ^a   Ferri, Dino ^b   Tabuani, Daniela ^a   Maffettone, Pier Luca ^c  

^a Centro Ingegneria Materie Plastiche   (Italy)

^b Polimeri Europa SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Linear viscoelasticity; Normal stresses; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOFIBERS; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 42649113382     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0265-4     Document Type: Article

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