Rheological study of epoxy systems blended with poly(ether sulfone) of different molecular weights

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 9361-9369

  Yu, Yingfeng ^a,b   Wang, Minghai ^a   Foix, David ^b   Li, Shanjun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; ETHERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE MODULATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING; SEPARATION; VISCOSITY;

COMPLEX VISCOSITIES; CURING PROCESSES; ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPIES; EPOXY SYSTEMS; ETHER SULFONES; GROWING PROCESSES; MODIFIED EPOXIES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES; RHEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; TEST FREQUENCIES; TIME-RESOLVED;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 57949103097     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800845p     Document Type: Article

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