Influence of accelerated aging on clay-reinforced polyamide 6

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-396

  Kiliaris, P ^a   Papaspyrides, C D ^a   Pfaendner, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ciba Lampertheim GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Layered silicate nanocomposites; Polyamides; Thermo oxidative degradation

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; DEGRADATION; FILLERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NYLON POLYMERS; POLYAMIDES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SILICATES;

ACCELERATED AGING; AGING; AGING TIME; CHAIN SCISSIONS; CLAY FILLERS; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; HEAT AGING; HEAT EXPOSURES; LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MODIFIED CLAYS; POLYAMIDE-6; POLYMER DEGRADATIONS; POLYMER MODIFICATIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; SHORT PERIODS; SOFTENING BEHAVIORS; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; THERMO-OXIDATIVE STABILITIES; UNFILLED POLYMERS; USEFUL LIFETIMES; VIRGIN MATERIALS;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 59149105072     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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