Comparison of properties of polypropylene (PP)/virgin acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBRv) and polypropylene (PP)/recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBRr) blends

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 440-445

  Ismail, H ^a   Galpaya, D ^a   Ahmad, Z ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Polypropylene; Recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rub ber; Tensile properties; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER; ELONGATION AT BREAK; RECYCLED ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE RUB-BER; SEM; SWELLING PERCENTAGE; TENSILE MODULI; THERMAL STABILITY;

BUTADIENE; PUMPING PLANTS; RECYCLING; RUBBER; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

BLEND; ELONGATION; POLYPROPYLENE; SWELLING; SYNTHETIC RUBBER; TENSILE PROPERTY; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 70349789351     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902725449     Document Type: Article

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