Study on the crystal morphology and melting behavior of isothermally crystallized composites of short carbon fiber and poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

Frontiers of Chemical Engineering in China

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-264

  Run, Mingtao ^a   Song, Hongzan ^a   Hao, Yanping ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Banded spherulites; Crack; Poly(trimethylene terephthalate); Short carbon fiber

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049137629     PISSN: 16737369     EISSN: 16737474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-009-0008-9     Document Type: Article

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