Investigation of in situ prepared polypropylene/clay nanocomposites properties and comparing to melt blending method

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-84

  Baniasadi, H ^a   Ramazani S A , A ^a   Javan Nikkhah, S ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

In situ polymerization; Nanocomposite; Polypropylene; Thermomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; IMPACT TEST; IN SITU POLYMERIZATION; IN-SITU; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MELT-BLENDING METHODS; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PREPARATION PROCESS; SUPPORTED CATALYSTS; TEM; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYSTS;

BENTONITE; BLENDING; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 69549137963     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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