Influence of clay incorporation on the physical properties of polyethylene/Brazilian clay nanocomposites

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1937-1941

  Barbosa, R ^a   Araujo E M ^a   Melo, T J A ^a   Ito, E N ^b   Hage Jr , E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clay; Flammability; Nanocomposite; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY; FLAMMABILITY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; SALTS;

BURNING RATE; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; CLAY PARTICLES; DISPERSION ANALYSIS; INTERLAYER DISTANCE; MELT INTERCALATION; MODIFIED CLAYS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE;

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

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 47149084559     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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