Polypropylene-polysilsesquioxane blends

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-23

  Fina, Alberto ^a   Tabuani, Daniela ^b   Camino, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Proplast   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cage ladder polysilsesquioxane; POSS; PP blend; PSS; Silsesquioxane

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION PROPERTY; COMBUSTION RESISTANCE; CONE CALORIMETER; ELONGATION AT BREAK; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC GROUP; POLYSILSESQUIOXANES; RATE OF HEAT RELEASE; SEM; SILSESQUIOXANES; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOXIDATIVE STABILITY; XRD;

COMBUSTION; DISPERSIONS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; PUMPING PLANTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 70449629879     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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