Thermal degradation behavior, permeation properties and impact response of polyethylene/organo-montmorillonite/(ethylene methacrylic acid) ternary nanocomposites

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 201-218

  Pettarin, Valeria ^a   Fasce, Laura ^a   Pita, Victor Rodriguez ^b   Dias, Marcos Lopes ^b   Frontini, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Impact response; Ionomer; Nanocomposite; PE; Permeation; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

BARRIER PROPERTIES; COMMERCIAL GRADE; COMPATIBILIZING AGENTS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; GRAVIMETRIC TECHNIQUE; IMPACT PROPERTY; IMPACT RESPONSE; INTERCALATED NANOCOMPOSITES; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MELT-COMPOUNDING; METHACRYLIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR MOBILITY; NANOCOMPOSITE FORMATIONS; ORGANOCLAYS; PE; PERMEATION PROPERTIES; TEM; TERNARY NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL DEGRADATION; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; XRD;

DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANOCLAY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 67149146189     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855409X402885     Document Type: Article

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