Thermal and structural behaviors of polypropylene nanocomposites reinforced with single-walled carbon nanotubes by melt processing method

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 196-211

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

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Mechanical measurement; Nanocomposites; Scanning electron microscopy; Thermogravimetric analysis; Wide angle X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOTUBES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COOLING METHODS; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURES; FRACTURE SURFACES; MECHANICAL MEASUREMENT; MELT PROCESSING; MIXING METHODS; PARTIAL CRYSTALLIZATIONS; POLYPROPYLENE- NANOCOMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS; TENSILE MODULUS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 58149216635     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222340802566176     Document Type: Article

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