Multiwall carbon nanotube-filled natural rubber: The effects of filler loading and mixing method

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-266

  Ismail, Hanafi ^a   Ramly, Faizal ^a   Othman, Nadras ^a  

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

Author keywords

Mechanical mixing; Multiwall carbon nanotubes; Natural rubber; Solution mixing

Indexed keywords

CURE TIME; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FATIGUE LIFE; FILLER LOADING; MECHANICAL MIXING; MECHANICAL MIXING METHOD; MIXING METHOD; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NATURAL RUBBER; NATURAL RUBBER MATRIX; SEM; SOLUTION MIXING; TENSILE MODULI; WELL-DISPERSED;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MIXING; RUBBER; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ELONGATION; FATIGUE; FILLING MATERIAL; LOADING (TESTING); NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; NATURAL RUBBER; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 76449105599     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550903413888     Document Type: Article

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