Rheological analyses of carbon nanofiber/polypropylene composites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 652-657

  Lee, Sungho ^a   Kim, Myung Soo ^b  

^a LS Cable Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Composites; Polypropylene; Rheological analyses

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITES; DYNAMIC MODULI; RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSES; RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

RHEOLOGY; THERMOPLASTICS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

CARBON FIBER; COMPOSITE; HEAT TREATMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBER; POLYPROPYLENE; RHEOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 70349956622     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902824515     Document Type: Article

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