A homogeneous dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and the copper powders mixture in the epoxy matrix - an analysis through mechanical properties of composites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 496-502

  Aslam, Muhammad ^a   Jo, Minkyung ^a   Bae, Donghyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Epoxy; Mechanical alloying; Mechanical property; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Specific strength

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SITES; EPOXY; EPOXY MATRICES; HIGH-STRENGTH; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; POWDER MIXTURES; PURE EPOXY; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; REINFORCED EPOXY; SPECIFIC STRENGTH;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; COPPER; COPPER POWDER; DISPERSIONS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLURGY; MIXTURES; POWDERS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ADHESION; COMPOSITE; DISPERSION; EPOXY RESIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOTUBE; STRENGTH; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 70349807891     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902824283     Document Type: Article

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