A DSC study on the nonisothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene/single-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 579-586

  Fereidoon, Abdolhosein ^a   Ahangari, Morteza Ghorbanzadeh ^b   Saedodin, Seyfola ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Nanocomposite; Nonisothermal kinetics; Single walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; DSC STUDIES; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; KISSINGER METHODS; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MELT-CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; NONISOTHERMAL; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; NONISOTHERMAL KINETICS; NUCLEATION EFFICIENCY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COOLING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FREEZING; ISOTHERMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PUMPING PLANTS; RATE CONSTANTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; NUCLEATION; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 70349958200     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902824408     Document Type: Article

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