Melting and crystallization of in-situ polymerized cyclic butylene terephthalates with and without organoclay: A modulated DSC study

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 60-68

  Karger Kocsis, J ^a   Shang, P P ^b   Mohd Ishak, Z A ^c   Rosch M ^d  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^d Cyclics Europe GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization and melting; Cyclic butylene terephthalate (CBT); Modulated DSC; Organoclay; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249102636     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.12     Document Type: Article

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