Study of microcellular injection-molded polypropylene/waste ground rubber tire powder blend

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 589-593

  Xin, Zhen Xiang ^a,b   Zhang, Zhen Xiu ^a,b   Pal, Kaushik ^b   Byeon, Jong Ung ^b   Lee, Sung Hyo ^b   Kim, Jin Kuk ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL FOAMING AGENT; GROUND RUBBERS; MICROCELLULAR; MOLDING CONDITIONS; MOLDING MACHINES; MOLDING PARAMETERS; POLYPROPYLENE RESIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SKIN THICKNESS; TIRE POWDER; WASTE GROUND RUBBER TIRE POWDER; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANES; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; POWDERS; RESINS; RUBBER; RUBBER MOLDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS; TIRES; WHEELS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 69549112752     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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