Effect of particle morphology on the properties of polypropylene/nanometric zinc oxide (PP/nanoZnO) composites

Advanced Composites Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Lin, Ong Hui ^a   Md Akil, Hazizan ^a   Mahmud, Shahrom ^b  

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

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Nano zinc oxide; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; FILLERS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; HAAKE INTERNAL MIXERS; MELT-BLENDING METHODS; NANO ZINC OXIDE; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 76249121520     PISSN: 09636935     EISSN: 2633366X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096369350901800302     Document Type: Article

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