Effect of polymer structure and additives on silane grafting of polyethylene

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-115

  Morshedian, J ^a   Hoseinpour, P Mohammad ^a   Azizi, H ^a   Parvizzad, R ^b  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b Research and Development Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

Branching number; Material testing; Polydispersity index; Polyethylene; Silane grafting

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849083682     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.14     Document Type: Article

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