Effect of total rubber content on ductility of polypropylene blended with bimodal distribution of styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene particle size

Zairyo/Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 951-958

  Mae, Hiroyuki ^a   Omiya, Masaki ^a   Kishimoto, Kikuo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Crazing; Mechanical properties; Particle size distribution; Polypropylene; TEM; Toughening

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; BLENDING; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BOND (MASONRY); BUTADIENE; DUCTILITY; ETHYLENE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; PUMPING PLANTS; RUBBER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN; STYRENE; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FRACTURE SURFACES; HIGH STRAIN RATES; PARTICLE DISTANCES; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE MORPHOLOGIES; RUBBER CONTENTS; RUBBER PARTICLES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS; TEM; TENSILE TESTS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; TWO TYPES; WEIGHT RATIOS;

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EID: 56549121880     PISSN: 05145163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2472/jsms.57.951     Document Type: Article

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