Recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) and its short glass fibres composites: Effects of hygrothermal aging on the thermo-mechanical behaviour

Polymer

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7995-8004

  Pegoretti, Alessandro ^a   Penati, Amabile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hygrothermal aging; Recycled PET; Thermal and mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBERS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RECYCLING; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES; HYDROTHERMAL AGING; MOLAR MASS; THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

GLASS FIBER; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVALUATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATION; RECYCLING; STORAGE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER IMMERSION; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; RECYCLING; THERMOMECHANICS;

EID: 5644277465     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.09.034     Document Type: Article

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