Effects of PE-g-MA on tensile properties, morphology and water absorption of LDPE/Thermoplastic sago starch blends

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 919-924

  Abdul Majid, R ^a   Ismail, H ^a   Mat Taib, R ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blends; LDPE; Morphology; PE g MA; Tensile; Thermoplastic sago starch

Indexed keywords

BLENDS; CHEMICAL FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; COMPRESSION MOLDED SHEETS; CUT OUT; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FTIR; HAAKE RHEOMIX; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; LDPE; PE-G-MA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROTOR SPEED; SAGO STARCH; TENSILE; TENSILE FRACTURE SURFACES; TENSILE TESTS; WATER UPTAKE;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GLYCEROL; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; LOADING; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; TENSILE TESTING; WATER ABSORPTION;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

ABSORPTION; ELONGATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER BLEND; STARCH; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE PROPERTY; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER;

EID: 70449338220     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902995018     Document Type: Article

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