Study on the combustion behavior of high impact polystyrene nanocomposites produced by different extrusion processes

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 569-578

  Sanchez Olivares, G ^a   Sanchez Solis, A ^a   Camino, G ^b   Manero, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIPS; Nanocomposites; Rheology; Thermal properties; TPP

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149098069     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2008.69     Document Type: Article

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