Taguchi analysis of shrinkage and warpage of injection-moulded polypropylene/multiwall carbon nanotubes nanocomposites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 630-638

  Prashantha, K ^a,b   Soulestin, J ^a,b   Lacrampe, M F ^a,b   Lafranche, E ^a,b   Krawczak, P ^a,b   Dupin, G ^c   Claes, M ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

^c NANOCYL S A   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposites; Polypropylene; Shrinkage; Taguchi analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349849815     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.79     Document Type: Article

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