Thermal stability and degradation kinetics of polystyrene/organically- modified montmorillonite nanocomposites

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1927-1936

  Chigwada, Grace ^a   Kandare, Everson ^a   Wang, Dongyan ^b   Majoni, Stephen ^a   Mlambo, Darlington ^a   Wilkie, Charles A ^a   Hossenlopp, Jeanne M ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation energies; Degradation kinetics; Montmorillonite; Polystyrene nanocomposites; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BLENDING; CLAY MINERALS; DEGRADATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENES; SALTS; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DECOMPOSITION RATE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EFFECTIVE ACTIVATION ENERGY; ISOCONVERSIONAL APPROACH; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLYSTYRENE NANOCOMPOSITES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

BENTONITE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BENTONITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 47149086014     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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