Wollastonite-reinforced polypropylene composites modified with novel metallocene EPR copolymers. I. phase structure and morphology

Polymer Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1007-1015

  Švab, Iztok ^a,b   Musil, Vojko ^a   Pustak, Andela ^c   Šmit, Ivan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b ISOKON   (Slovenia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTALLITE GROWTH; ISOTACTIC; MATRIX; METALLOCENE; MICRO-PHASE; PARALLEL ORIENTATION; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; SAMPLE SURFACE; SPHERULITE GROWTHS; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ETHYLENE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANOMETALLICS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE STRUCTURE; POLYMER MELTS; PROPYLENE; QUANTUM THEORY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SILICATE MINERALS;

EID: 67650841120     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: 15480569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.20649     Document Type: Article

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