Toughening of polyamide 6 nanocomposites: Effect of organoclay and maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene octene loading on morphology and mechanical properties

International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-87

  Wahit, M U ^a   Hassan, A ^a   Koay, Y F ^a   Othman, N ^a   Mokhtar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene octane; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Organoclay; Polyamide 6

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349857785     PISSN: 18230334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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