Morphology, mechanical and thermal properties of composites of polypropylene and nanostructured wollastonite filler

Polymer Testing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-356

  Luyt, A S ^a   Dramicanin M D ^b   Antić, Ž ^b   Djokovic V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

DMA; DSC; Nanocomposite; Polypropylene; TGA; Wollastonite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILLERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GELATION; GLASS TRANSITION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; STIFFNESS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; DMA; DSC; FTIR; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; MATRIXES; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; NANO-STRUCTURED; NON-ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATIONS; PP MATRIXES; SOL-GEL METHODS; STORAGE MODULUS; TENSILE MEASUREMENTS; TEST TEMPERATURES; TGA; THERMAL STABILITIES; WOLLASTONITE; XRD , TEM;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 63749097339     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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