Viscoelastic properties of polyacrylonitrile terpolymers during thermo-oxidative stabilization (cyclization)

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 831-837

  Suresh, K I ^a   Thomas, K Saji ^a   Rao, B S ^a   Reghunadhan Nair, C P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

C fiber precursors; Cyclization; Dynamic mechanical properties; PAN terpolymers

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CYCLIZATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYMERS; STABILIZATION; TERPOLYMERS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ACID VALUE; C-FIBER PRECURSORS; CHEMICAL CHANGES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; INITIATION TEMPERATURE; IR-SPECTROSCOPY; LADDER STRUCTURES; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATIVE STABILIZATION; PAN TERPOLYMERS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; POLYACRYLONITRILE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; TERPOLYMER; VISCO-ELASTIC PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYMER PROPERTY; PRECURSOR; TERPOLYMER; THERMAL STABILITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 48749107329     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1042     Document Type: Article

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