Degradation of poly(ethylene terephthalate)/clay nanocomposites during melt extrusion: Effect of clay catalysis and chain extension

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-123

  Xu, Xinfeng ^a   Ding, Yanfen ^a   Qian, Zhongzhong ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Wen, Bin ^a   Zhou, Hu ^a   Zhang, Shimin ^a   Yang, Mingshu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chain extension; Clay; Nanocomposites; Poly(ethylene terephthalate); Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; EXTRUSION; FORMING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MELT SPINNING; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; PHOTORESISTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

ACIDIC SITES; CHAIN EXTENDERS; CHAIN EXTENSION; CHAIN EXTENSIONS; CLAY DISPERSIONS; CLAY EXFOLIATIONS; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; CLAY PLATELETS; CLAY STRUCTURES; CLAY SURFACES; DILUTE SOLUTIONS; ELIMINATION REACTIONS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INTRINSIC VISCOSITIES; MELT EXTRUSIONS; ORGANOCLAYS; PET MATRIXES; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYMER DEGRADATIONS; PYROMELLITIC DIANHYDRIDE; SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS; SURFACTANT CHEMISTRIES; THERMAL DEGRADATION;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 57449106628     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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