Silicone rubber compatibilized syndiotactic polystyrene and thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer (Vectra A950) blend

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-163

  Bose, S ^a   Mukherjee, M ^a   Das, C K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Compatibilizer; Differential Scanning Calorimetry; Silicone rubber; Syndiotactic polystyrene; Thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RUBBER; SCANNING; SILICONES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BINARY BLENDS; BLEND SYSTEMS; COMPATIBILIZER; DOMAIN SIZES; DYNAMIC MECHANICALS; FT-IR ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; INTERNAL MIXERS; LOADING LEVELS; MELT-PROCESSING; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PHASE MORPHOLOGIES; SCANNING CALORIMETRIES; SEM ANALYSIS; SILICON RUBBERS; SILICONE RUBBER; STRETCHING FREQUENCIES; SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE; TEMPERATURE REGIONS; TERNARY BLENDS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

CRYSTALLINITY; DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENE; RHEOLOGY; SYNTHETIC RUBBER; THERMAL PROPERTY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58949092767     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550802577346     Document Type: Article

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