Biaxial deformation behavior and mechanical properties of a polypropylene/clay nanocomposite

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1644-1652

  Abu Zurayk, Rund ^a   Harkin Jones, Eileen ^a   McNally, Tony ^a   Menary, Gary ^a   Martin, Peter ^a   Armstrong, Cecil ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. Delamination; B. Stress strain curve; D. DSC; D. TEM; D. XRD

Indexed keywords

B. DELAMINATION; B. STRESS-STRAIN CURVE; D. DSC; D. TEM; D. XRD;

BLOW MOLDING; CLAY MINERALS; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRUSION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTIC MOLDS; PLASTICS MOLDING MACHINES; POLYMER MELTS; PROCESSING; STEEL SHEET; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOFORMING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

YIELD STRESS;

DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; ELONGATION; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYPROPYLENE; STRESS; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; TESTING;

EID: 67349247558     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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