Polypropylene-organoclay nanocomposites containing nucleating agents

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 897-909

  Ghugare, S V ^a   Govindaiah, P ^a   Avadhani, C V ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Nucleating agents; Organoclay; Polypropylene nanocomposites; Thermogravimetric analysis; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CLAY LAYERS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MELT INTERCALATION; NANO-SCALE FILLERS; NUCLEATING AGENTS; ORGANOCLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; RATE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; TEM; TENSILE CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL STABILITY; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; VIRGIN POLYMERS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 72149097075     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-009-0184-2     Document Type: Article

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