Impact resistance of all-polypropylene composites composed of alpha and beta modifications

Polymer Testing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Bárány, Tamás ^a   Izer, András ^a   Karger Kocsis, József ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta modification; Consolidation; Impact loading

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOT PRESSING; IMPACT RESISTANCE; IMPACT STRENGTH; MELTING POINT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; WEAVING;

BETA MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE SHEETS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FALLING WEIGHTS; FILM-STACKING; FRACTOGRAPHIC; HOMOPOLYMER; IMPACT BEHAVIOURS; IMPACT ENERGIES; IMPACT LOADING; IMPACT TENSILE TESTS; ISOTACTIC; MATRIX MATERIALS; MATRIXES; MELTING TEMPERATURES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; RANDOM COPOLYMERS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SELF-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENES; STATIC TENSILE;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 60749115977     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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