Study of the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics and melting behaviors of polypropylene reinforced with single-walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-40

  Fereidoon, Abdolhosein ^a   Ahangari, Morteza Ghorbanzadeh ^a   Saedodin, Seyfolah ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lamellar thickness; Melting; Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics; Nucleating activity; Polypropylene; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMS; MELTING; MELTING POINT; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOTUBES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; REACTION KINETICS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMOPLASTICS;

COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; EQUILIBRIUM MELTING TEMPERATURES; KIM MODELS; KINETIC MODELS; LAMELLAR THICKNESS; MELTING BEHAVIORS; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATIONS; NONISOTHERMAL MELTS; NUCLEATING ACTIVITY; NUCLEATING AGENTS; OZAWA MODELS; THOMSON;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 58149216067     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222340802561516     Document Type: Article

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