Effects of epoxidized natural rubber as a compatibilizer in melt compounded natural rubber-organoclay nanocomposites

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2513-2521

  Teh, P L ^a   Ishak, Z A Mohd ^a   Hashim, A S ^a   Karger Kocsis, J ^b   Ishiaku, U S ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compatibilizer; Epoxidized natural rubber (ENR); Nanocomposites; Natural rubber (NR); Organoclay

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EPOXIZED NATURAL RUBBER (ENR); FILLER DISPERSION; ORGANOCLAY; POLYMERIC COMPATIBILIZERS;

RUBBER;

EID: 4744374862     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2004.06.025     Document Type: Article

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