Influence of maleic anhydride grafted ethylene propylene diene monomer (MAH-g-EPDM) on the properties of EPDM nanocomposites reinforced by halloysite nanotubes

Polymer Testing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 548-559

  Pasbakhsh, Pooria ^a   Ismail, H ^a   Fauzi, M N Ahmad ^a   Bakar, A Abu ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethylene propylene diene monomer; Halloysite nanotubes; Maleic anhydride; Nanocomposites; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CURE TIME; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER; HAAKE INTERNAL MIXERS; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; MAXIMUM TORQUE; MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT MECHANISMS;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; KAOLINITE; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MONOMERS; NANOTUBES; PROPYLENE; REINFORCEMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 67349145275     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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