Low temperature izod impact studies of blends based on impact grade polypropylene and ethylene-α-Octene Copolymer

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2879-2888

  Das, Vishal ^a   Pandey, A K ^a   Krishna, Bal ^a  

^a DEFENCE MATERIALS AND STORES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Blends; Impact strength; Morphology; Plastomer; PP cp; Processing.

Indexed keywords

BASE POLYMERS; BIPHASIC; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; BLENDS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; IZOD IMPACT; IZOD IMPACT STRENGTH; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-TEMPERATURE IMPACT STRENGTH; MELT BEHAVIOR; METALLOCENES; PLASTOMER; PLASTOMERS; PSEUDOPLASTIC; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SHEAR RATES; SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDER; SPHERICAL DOMAIN; TORQUE RHEOMETER; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANOMETALLICS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS EXTRUDERS; POLYMER BLENDS; PUMPING PLANTS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

IMPACT STRENGTH;

EID: 70749122862     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684408094058     Document Type: Article

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