Structure and mechanical properties of polycarbonate modified clay nanocomposites

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1880-1885

  Guduri, Babu R ^a,b   Luyt, Adriaan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clay nanocomposites; Mechanical properties; Polycarbonate; SEM; TEM; TGA; XRD

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENTS; CLAY LAYERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM AND SEM); ELONGATION AT BREAK (EB); HIGH PROCESSING TEMPERATURES; INTERCALATED STRUCTURES; MA CONTENT; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE GRAFTED POLYPROPYLENE (MAPP); MELT BLENDING; MODIFIED CLAYS; POLYCARBONATE (PC); STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); TEM OBSERVATIONS; THERMAL STABILITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD) PATTERNS; X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY (XRD);

BLENDING; CLAY MINERALS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYCARBONATE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLAY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 47149084209     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.017     Document Type: Article

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