Long-term water absorption behaviour of polypropylene/wood flour/organoclay hybrid nanocomposite

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 683-691

  Ghasemi, Ismaeil ^a   Kord, Behzad ^b  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diffusion coefficient; Hybrid composite; Nanoclay; Water absorption; Wood flour

Indexed keywords

CLAY LOADINGS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FICKIAN DIFFUSION; HYBRID COMPOSITE; HYBRID COMPOSITES; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; INTERNAL MIXERS; MALEATED POLYPROPYLENES; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY; NANOFILLER; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; WATER DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

AGGLOMERATION; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD PRODUCTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

WATER ABSORPTION;

CLAY; COMPOSITES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER ABSORPTION; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 70349540948     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 10261265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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